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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses a threat to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!

Despite a brief panic, asteroid 2024 YR4 isn’t likely to hit us anytime soon, but we can still study the asteroid up close to help us understand these space rocks.

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