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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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Could an asteroid really hit Earth? Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 reach highest levels ever

The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the threat once posed by Apophis.

NBC News on MSN · 10h

Why the chance that an asteroid might hit Earth in 2032 keeps changing

An asteroid has a slight chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Here's why the odds are a moving target, according to the astronomer who invented the scale used to measure such risks.

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What Happens If Asteroid 2024 YR4 Strikes Earth — And Why We Can’t ‘Nuke’ It

An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on ...

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Do look up: How Earth can defend itself against asteroid

There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth — but scientists are ready for future threats

Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.

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