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NASA halves odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth

The Washington Post on MSN · 2h

Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting Earth drop nearly to zero

Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.

CNN on MSN · 1d

Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

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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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Earth’s inner core is less solid than we thought

Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer –or crust. It consists of two main parts ...

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Humans evolved to live on an icy planet. Earth is usually much hotter.

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

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‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

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Earth Science News

Feb. 19, 2025 — Arctic glaciers are leaking significant amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Glacial melt rivers and groundwater springs are transporting large volumes of methane from ...

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Scientists make surprising discovery about the Earth's core that could affect the length of a day

Scientists accidentally discovered that the Earth's inner core might not be how we thought it was - and it could affect the ...

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