That’s not even close to the size of the “planet-killer” asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago and led to the ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

An asteroid nearly the size ... wiping out the dinosaurs and 75% of all species. By contrast, 2024 YR4 falls into the "city killer" category. "If you put it over Paris or London or New York ...

NASA data released Tuesday said there is now a 3.1 percent chance a "city-destroying" asteroid could smash into Earth in 2032. The asteroid named 2024 YR4 is being carefully monitored by the ...

Headlines called it a “city-killer” due to its potential ... is far smaller than the 10-kilometer (6-mile) asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs but still large enough to devastate a major ...

The odds that “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike our planet ... “This is not the dinosaur killer. This is not the planet killer. This is at most dangerous for a city.” ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...

Characterized as a potential "city-killer," the asteroid was first detected in ... "It wouldn't be something like the rock that killed the dinosaurs," Harwood said. "It wouldn't affect the global ...

Unlike the 10km-wide asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, 2024 YR4 is classified as a “city killer” – not a global catastrophe, but still capable of causing ...

Unlike the six-mile-wide (10-kilometer-wide) asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, 2024 YR4 is classified as a "city killer" -- not a global catastrophe, but still capable of ...

Unlike the six-mile-wide (10-kilometer-wide) asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, 2024 YR4 is classified as a "city killer" -- not a global catastrophe, but still capable of ...