Yahoo2 天
Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as NASA tasked with studying it
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...
CBS News2 天
Expert shares key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
An asteroid capable of flattening a mid-sized city could potentially collide with Earth eight years from now, as its orbit around the sun briefly intersects the path of our planet. Named 2024 YR4 ...
Space.com8 天
What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)
"I find this asteroid to be extremely exciting! This is the last chance we have to observe the asteroid from Gemini before 2028." It might not look like much in this image, but this is the ...
ABC News3 天
Chance of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade rises to 3.1%, NASA says
The chances has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, officials said. The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...
The Providence Journal8 天
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has non-zero chance of colliding with earth in 2032: What to know
Astronomers have spotted an asteroid with a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be about 40-90 meters wide, big enough to cause local devastation but not ...
Time7 天
Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
or more than twice the velocity of an Earth-orbiting satellite. It’s that screaming speed that causes even a relatively small asteroid to pack such destructive force, since the faster an object ...
CNN7 天
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s ...
Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 131 to 295 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, a “size range comparable to that of a large building,” said Dr. Paul Chodas ...
Associated Press8 天
Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s ...
foxweather10 天
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth, but here’s what would happen if it did
A newly discovered asteroid being tracked by the global science community has a nearly 98% chance of zooming by Earth without touching our atmosphere. However, if Asteroid 2024 YR4 does hit Earth, ...
Mashable3 天
Odds of asteroid's impact keep going up — just as scientists expected
An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...
Boston Herald8 天
Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact ...
NDTV7 天
Moon Also In Danger From Asteroid Projected To Collide With Earth In 2032: Report
an operations engineer for the University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey in a social media post stated that the asteroid had a 0.3 per cent chance of smashing into our natural satellite.