There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight ...
The European Space Agency says there’s now just a 0.16 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will impact our planet.
The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does ...
NASA’s double-asteroid redirection test, launched in 2022, was an actual experiment in space. It sent a rocket to strike an ...
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
Despite the significant drop in risk, asteroid 2024 YR4 remains at the top of the Sentry Risk Table. The next most concerning object is 1950 DA, with a 0.039 percent chance of impacting Earth in the ...
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
How prepared are we to deflect an asteroid heading towards Earth? This question is answered by two studies just published in ...
Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.
Breathe a sigh of relief! NASA has dropped the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 to 1 in 360, just a day after it became the highest-risk asteroid since records began.
An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1 percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released ...