How “asteroid detectives” protect Earth from potential impacts – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA was recently tracking a large asteroid, known as the “city killer,” after finding a small chance of it hitting Earth in 2032. NASA says it “no longer poses a significant threat” in an analysis, but it’s not the only space…
Neil deGrasse Tyson on 2032 asteroid collision Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses 2032 asteroid collision 05:14 A so-called “city killer” asteroid scientists have been monitoring after discovering it had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 “no longer poses a significant threat,” NASA said in its latest analysis. The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is…
An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.28% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — though at one point earlier its estimate reached as high as 3.1%. Such an impact, if it occurred, would have the potential for city-level devastation, depending on where it strikes. …
An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet — the highest probability ever assigned — before additional analysis Wednesday lowered the chances to about 1.5%, according to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. Risks of the massive space…
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a potential “city-killer,” the asteroid was first detected in December and its odds of impacting our planet have fluctuated since then, according to…
An asteroid capable of flattening a mid-sized city could potentially collide with Earth eight years from now, as its orbit around the sun briefly intersects the path of our planet. Named 2024 YR4, the space rock carries with it very slim odds of striking land — either on Earth or, even less likely, the moon…
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday. The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost right…
