Measuring 1,148 feet (350 meters) in diameter, Apophis was previously considered one of the most hazardous asteroids, with a chance of hitting ... with Earth. The rating meant that the asteroid ...
A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. On Tuesday, NASA calculated that the space rock had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, while the ...
when the asteroid makes its next Earth flyby. But yeah, eight years is not too much time. A deflection could work! But it won’t be as simple as just hitting the asteroid really hard in 2028.