Nature23h
Asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth — but scientists are ready for future threats
Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.
UVA Today6h
UVA Astronomer Weighs In on ‘City Killer’ Asteroid and Earth’s Defenses
A stronomers detected a 40-to-80-meter asteroid, dubbed a “city killer,” with the potential to collide with Earth in 2032, ...
UVA Today6h
UVA Astronomer Explains the Threat of ‘City Killer’ Asteroids and How Earth Can Prepare
NASA’s double-asteroid redirection test, launched in 2022, was an actual experiment in space. It sent a rocket to strike an ...
Smithsonian Magazine6h
Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise. Here’s Why It Keeps Changing
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...
NASA Tracking Car-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today
The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...
Why NASA keeps changing the probability of an asteroid impacting Earth in 2032
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...
NASA Makes Big Update to Asteroid Potentially on Collision Course With Earth in 2032
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 caused consternation over the last few weeks as its odds of hitting Earth in 2032 dramatically rose. Now, those odds have plummeted to near-zero, as ...
Live Science on MSN5h
'Just the tip of the iceberg': Why risky asteroids like 2024 YR4 will pester Earth for decades to come
The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does ...