While NASA says the chances of a collision with Earth are “extremely low,” the probability has been increasing since the ...
YR4, with a diameter of 40-90 metres, has a 2.2% chance of hitting Earth by 2032. Scientists and agencies like ESA are ...
Watch as a city-killer asteroid set to possibly crash into Earth in 2032 zooms away from Earth in new telescope footage.
IF you’ve got any plans for December 22, 2032, you might want to bring them forward. Because the chance of an ­asteroid the size of a football pitch hitting Earth on that date has just doubled. If ...
We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...
The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made.
YR4: Should we be worried about the space rock hurtling towards Earth? - Humanity has been working on ways to deflect ...
The difference matters in the case of impact The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to be pointed at asteroid 2024 YR4 to ...
A scientist who has written a book on how to defend our planet from an asteroid collision, has spoken out following news of ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers study asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small chance of striking Earth ...
The volcanologist threw cold water on the defense potential of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft, which ...
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032.