"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.
The chances of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid hitting Earth just a few days before Christmas 2032 are increasing — but ...
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers say not to fret.
According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.
We might already be too late to knock ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 out of the way with a tested method, a scientist has ...
Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.
NASA has announced an asteroid that is heading this way, has a greater chance of hitting the Earth than initially thought.
Interest is swirling in a recently spotted asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 – though the odds have increased slightly over the last few weeks. NASA has made it clear that ...
If it does hit, possible impact sites include ... Rivkin led the investigation for NASA's 2022 DART mission, which successfully nudged an asteroid off its course using a spacecraft — a strategy ...