The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...
The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers ...
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was ...
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An asteroid could potentially crash into Earth in less than eight years. Here's everything to know about asteroid 2024 YR4.
YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.
It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...
Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...