YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...
Scientists will be able to get another look at the asteroid then, Harwood said, and determine its orbit and trajectory. Betts said, "The odds are very good that not only will this not hit Earth ...
The world’s top astronomers are closely watching an asteroid they say has a 2.3% chance of hitting earth in 2032 - up from ...
Scientists will be able to get another look at the asteroid then, Harwood said, and determine its orbit and trajectory. Betts said, "The odds are very good that not only will this not hit Earth ...
Scientists are continuing to observe the asteroid, including through the world's largest and most powerful ... of the asteroid’s orbit. Earth gets hit by an asteroid of this size around every ...
The international scientific community is working against the clock to gather observations of asteroid ... with Earth-based telescopes. Currently, a telescope with a diameter of at least two meters is ...
Scientists will be able to get another look at the asteroid then, Harwood said, and determine its orbit and trajectory. Betts said, "The odds are very good that not only will this not hit Earth ...
That's why scientists aren't too concerned – yet – about an asteroid spotted late in 2024 that poses the single biggest impact threat to Earth in two ... Apophis briefly hit a rating of ...
Meanwhile, it is also unknown whether this asteroid will pound on Earth or miss the Earth by a mile. At any rate, the probability of an impact is low, but if it were to hit Earth in 2032 ...