YR4, the "city-killer" asteroid that briefly made headlines last year due to a small but non-zero chance that it may hit the ...
When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a four per cent chance of hitting the moon on 22 December 2032. However, fresh observations ...
The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.