The odds of a newly discovered asteroid '2024 YR4' crashing into Earth are rising according to scientists. Here's what to ...
YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
Astronomers are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a slim 1.2% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032.
An asteroid discovered in 2024 has been placed at level 3 on the Torino impact scale, with a small chance of impact with ...
Just after Christmas Day ... Here’s what you need to know about 2024 YR4. It was identified by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, four telescopes around the world ...
The potential impact would occur on Dec. 22, 2032. It’s much too soon to know where it might land if it did hit Earth.
2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 last year through the ATLAS telescope in Chile. The probability of this asteroid colliding ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 certainly does not pose an existential ... spied the asteroid two days after the rock, on Christmas, made its closest approach to Earth. It was roughly twice as far away from ...