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An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

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Will an asteroid hit the Earth in 2032? Here's what we know

NASA announced that the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had been recalculated thanks to additional data, and now has a 0.28 per cent chance of collision in 2032, or about 1 in 357. This is a much better probability than several days earlier,

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Why NASA keeps changing the probability of an asteroid impacting Earth in 2032

Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" of Earth impact.

NASA picks SpaceX rocket to launch asteroid threat hunter NEO Surveyor in 2027

NEO Surveyor will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast no earlier than September 2027. The total value ...

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NASA Tracking Car-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today

The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...

‘Threat-to-Earth’: SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch NASA’s asteroid hunter telescope

NASA has chosen SpaceX to launch an advanced asteroid hunter telescope that will detect and observe asteroids that could pose ...

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NASA reduces likelihood of asteroid impacting earth to 1.5%

NASA said Wednesday that new data collected overnight cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. The ...

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AstroForge: Earth's first asteroid mining prospector heads to launchpad

A decade ago, news stories were aflutter about the wealth promised by asteroid mining companies. But things didn't quite work ...

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Astronomers Explain NASA's 2032 Asteroid Projections

Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? NASA says there's a chance, but the odds keep changing. We asked two experts to break it ...

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