The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the ...
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...
The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...
An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...
YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.
Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.