YR4 now has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, prompting ongoing observations. Ground-based telescopes will track it ...
The risk of an asteroid hitting Earth has doubled in a week – but there are no plans yet to build a spacecraft to ­deflect the football pitch-sized rock. A 90-metre-wide space rock passed Earth on ...
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
NASA warns about asteroid 2024 YR4 with a 2.3% chance of impact in 2032. Learn about its trajectory, risk level, and ...
Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the ...
Scientists say a new 'city-destroying' asteroid has a higher chance of hitting Earth than they first thought. NASA found a ...
The near-earth object first discovered in 2024 has stirred up conversation on social media because of the potential for an ...
YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.
It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 will swing close to Earth in 2032. The chances of an impact remain ...
The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. The ...
YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, according to the European Space Agency.