NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are shifting, with the space rock now carrying a 1-in-48 chance of collision.
NASA says an asteroid measuring up to 300 feet across could crash into Earth in 2032. While the agency says the chances of ...
A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.
While NASA says the chances of a collision with Earth are “extremely low,” the probability has been increasing since the space rock was discovered weeks ago.
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
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 ...
Photograph by NASA/Science Photo Library Asteroids often rotate ... “2024 YR4 will make another close approach with Earth in 2028, at about 20 times the distance between the Earth and the ...
The odds of a strike will almost certainly continue to go up and down as the asteroid’s path around the sun is better understood.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
Currently, no other known large asteroids have an impact probability above 1%,” said NASA in a release ... YR4 will hit Earth on its next orbit in 2028 — but it might bring it close enough ...