Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded.
The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
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.
Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have ...
Smithsonian Magazine13d
Astronomers Raise Odds of Asteroid Impact in 2032 to 2.3 Percent—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Panic
NASA reported that a newly identified asteroid has a more than 1 percent chance of striking Earth in December 2032, per a statement released by the agency. Now, astronomers have bumped up that ...
Daily Mail15d
NASA warns three giant asteroids will skim past Earth TODAY
Two more bus-sized asteroids will also zip through ... a larger asteroid called Didymos, both of which are around 6.8 million miles away from our planet. DART hit the space rock at more than ...
Newsweek15d
NASA Tracking Three Vehicle-Sized Asteroids Nearing Earth Today
Languages: English. NASA is tracking a trio of vehicle-sized asteroids set to whizz by close to the Earth today—with one getting three times nearer than the orbit of the moon. That space rock ...
Rappler17d
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
We’ll be able to follow the asteroid as it recedes ... too small to cause problems to life on Earth. There is far more tiny debris out there than larger chunks so impacts from objects that ...
as.com17d
Good news for Earth: Newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of impacting the planet
Astronomy doesn’t stop. On Christmas Day 2024 researchers made a significant discovery with the identification of a 196-foot asteroid hurtling towards earth. The space rock is currently around ...
Phys.org18d
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?
It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth ... The bigger question is whether ...
The Mirror18d
Asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty sparks global defence plan as it heads towards Earth
A newly-discovered 100 metre wide asteroid ... more than 1%. "We are not worried at all, because of this 99% chance it will miss," said Paul Chodas, director of Nasa's Centre for Near Earth ...
The Daily Mirror18d
Asteroid the size of a 20-story building headed for Earth in 2032, astronomers warn
Dunn’s animation of the asteroid shows it skimming Earth at an altitude of 301 miles, with its trajectory altered by the planet’s gravitational pull. This is less than half the distance of ...
CNN18d
A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032
As the asteroid moves away from Earth and becomes fainter, researchers will have to rely on larger telescopes to observe ... large asteroids that have more than a 1% chance of impacting Earth ...