YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...
Launched in November 2021, DART traveled for more than 10 months before crashing into Dimorphos at roughly 14,000 mph. Though the tiny asteroid posed no threat to Earth, NASA had set out to test ...
A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.
An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...
NASA scientists are already finding ways to make sure that the end of the world will not be caused by an asteroid.
YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused some alarm.
NASA's Atlas says that an 100m asteroid has 10 times the destructive force of the 2021 Tonga volcanic eruption, which caused a large explosion and tsunamis in several countries. The damage caused by ...
In 2021, scientists revised that opinion ... have more than a 1% chance of affecting Earth, according to NASA. Two international asteroid response groups endorsed by the United Nations — the ...