The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

A recent scare involving asteroid 2024 YR4 has reignited global concerns about space rocks that could hit our planet ... chance it could strike Earth on 22 December 2032. This was the highest ...

Once upon a starlit evening in December 2024, astronomers discovered something small, fast and potentially very rude hurtling ...

NASA has discovered a new asteroid, 2024 YR4, with the highest recorded impact probability. The likelihood of it hitting Earth is approximately 1 in 25,000, while the probability of impacting the ...

A chilling visualisation had shown what might happen if the asteroid hit Earth in 2032, as scientists feared. If the asteroid were to strike Earth, the energy released could be equivalent to 8 ...

NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032. Initial estimates placed the impact probability at 1 in 32, but updated calculations have reduced it to just 1 ...

New scientific models and telescope observations from 2024 and 2025 reveal how comet and asteroid impacts can change atmospheres on Earth-like exoplanets, potentially supporting life or triggering ...

If an asteroid measuring 3,000 feet were to hit the Earth, which statistically happens ... predicted a 3.1 percent probability of impact in 2032, but later NASA confirmed that the risk has ...

Space.com: In recent times, the worry du jour seems to revolve around asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, which apparently has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Why so much attention on that object?

The asteroid named YR4 has a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA. The European Space ...

Now, a half-tonne Soviet space probe that was designed to endure landing on Venus may be heading our way. Launched in 1972, the spacecraft reportedly never made it past the Earth's orbit and its ...

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