and that can be enough to make the asteroid miss the Earth entirely." Back in 2022, Nasa was able to change the trajectory of a near-Earth asteroid by crashing a spacecraft into it.

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In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

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But he added that the collision would likely be "very visible" from Earth. Nasa has repeatedly changed estimates on whether the asteroid will crash into Earth. Astronomers first noticed that the ...

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Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...

Asteroids of this size regularly pass through the Earth's neighborhood, often unnoticed, unless they are actively tracked by ...