NASA Asteroid Warning 2022

NASA upgrades risk of 'city-killer' asteroid hitting Earth

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.

The News International · 4d

'City killer' asteroid now has 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, warns NASA

NASA has reported that an asteroid, named 2024 YR4, now has a 3.1% chance of striking Earth on December 22, 2032, a threat it calls the most significant ever recorded by modern forecasting,

Mashable · 4d

Odds of asteroid's impact keep going up — just as scientists expected

If necessary, NASA would issue its first-ever asteroid warning. People could be evacuated ... impact during its unprecedented DART mission in 2022. But this was only a test on the non-threatening ...

New Atlas2d

2032 asteroid impact risk lowered: Everything you need to know

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

The Washington Post10d

An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Here’s why experts say do not panic.

In 2022, NASA said it successfully collided a spacecraft into an asteroid, changing its motion ... As a result, this kind of warning is likely to become more common. That will put pressure on ...

USA Today10d

Odds of asteroid hitting Earth went up, but that was expected: What to know about 2024 YR4

The International Asteroid Warning Network also put out a list ... by asteroids and other inbound space rocks. In September 2022, NASA demonstrated that it was possible to nudge an incoming ...

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