Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...
Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
A nearly 98 percent chance it won’t hit us is pretty good. Second, while that’s definitely a massive rock, it’s not like a ...
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...
YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.
We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...
An asteroid that measures up to 300 feet across could smack into Earth in 2032, and while NASA says the chances of a ...