Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than 10 meters has a greater than 1 percent chance of striking Earth within the next 20 years. The risk of 2024 YR4 meets this threshold.
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.
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Scientists say 2 asteroids may actually be fragments of destroyed planets from our early solar systemScientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.
Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system. Nasa releases images.
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