NASA has identified asteroid 2024 YR4 with a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth on 22 December 2032. While the probability remains low, its potential impact could be devastating for a city. The asteroid’s ...

An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1% chance of striking the Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released on ...

While the identification has triggered international planetary defense measures, experts say that further observations of the asteroid might drop the impact probability down to zero.

“You get observations; they drop off ... wipe out the whole city and some of the environs,” said Betts. The best modern comparison is the 1908 Tunguska Event, when an asteroid or comet ...

"You get observations, they drop off again ... out the whole city and some of the environs," said Betts. The best modern comparison is the 1908 Tunguska Event, when an asteroid or comet fragment ...