At the moment, we don’t know the exact size of 2024 YR4, or even if it's a rubble pile asteroid too – but hitting rubble pile asteroids with a spacecraft like DART could potentially generate a ...

At the moment, we don’t know the exact size of 2024 YR4, or even if it's a rubble pile asteroid too – but hitting rubble pile asteroids with a spacecraft like DART could potentially generate a ...

However, hitting rubble pile asteroids with a spacecraft like DART could create a cloud of debris that might still head toward Earth. 'Nobody wants to accidentally "disrupt" an asteroid because ...

Nasa will be monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 which has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032. "The first is that asteroids like Dimorphos, and smaller, tend to be rubble piles: not solid single ...

He noted that many asteroids are loose rubble piles of sand, dirt and boulders ... there might not be enough time to significantly alter the asteroid’s path, warned the scientist.

However, many asteroids are known to be rubble piles, essentially collections of rocks held together loosely by gravity, such as the asteroid Bennu that was visited by NASA’s ORISIS-REx spacecraft.

But he warned that it does not prove the method can be used for all kinds of asteroid deflection. He said: "Asteroids like Dimorphos, and smaller, tend to be rubble piles: not solid single rocks ...

Soon, the asteroid will be too dim even for the largest ... Does it have a lot of metallic content? Is it a rubble pile? Is it a solid, monolithic object?" NASA's Fast wonders aloud.

Being wiped out by a massive space rock that hits Earth at thousands of miles an hour may sound like a plot worthy of a Hollywood film. But a newly-discovered space rock, called 2024 YR4, really ...

But he warned that it does not prove the method can be used for all kinds of asteroid deflection. He said: "Asteroids like Dimorphos, and smaller, tend to be rubble piles: not solid single rocks ...