Update: The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 have ... spacecraft to observe Apophis in the years ahead to map and study its surface to gain further insights into near-Earth ...

A terrifying interactive map reveals exactly what will happen ... rock has the potential to cause massive devastation. The asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a one in 45, or 2.2 per cent, chance ...

With an estimated diameter of up to 300 feet (90 metres), the asteroid ... the map by the size of the shockwave. However, these estimates are at the lower end of what scientists think 2024 ...

On Jan. 29, the chances of this asteroid (named 2024 YR4) striking our planet on ... looking out for parts of the cosmic map where they can mark “here be dragons” — in this case, potentially ...

Image of the asteroid 2024 YR4 taken by ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in January 2025, observed at infrared wavelengths. | Credit: ESO/O. Hainaut The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered ...

As anticipated by astronomers, the odds of impact have decreased with more data collected on 2024 YR4. Additionally, the chances of the asteroid impacting the moon have also decreased overall ...

Near miss, in this case, is a relative term: Saturday’s asteroid, 2024 MK, will come within 180,000 ... cautioned the Technology Review. The map of asteroids the size of the one passing between ...

Researchers have managed to work out the shape of the 2024 YR4 asteroid, saying it is shaped like a hockey puck. Astronomers have also deduced the asteroid's origin, which was first detected in ...

Getty Images Following close behind will be the 150-foot-wide asteroid 2024 TR6, which will pass within ... enough to wipe a major metropolis off the map (hence the name “city killer) and ...