Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for miles. It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of consternation because it carries an uncommonly high risk of colliding into Earth. It's the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first ...
Though that number’s rising, experts say further research could bring it to zero Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Last week, NASA reported that a newly identified asteroid has a more than 1 ...
The risk assessment has fluctuated since the asteroid’s discovery late last year, when it was rated at a 1.2% probability of hitting our planet. The impact probability is expected to keep ...
The odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 have increased to 1 in 43. Despite this, you still shouldn't worry about the potential impact of this asteroid. That's because experts ...
An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than an atomic bomb has triggered global space agency alarms. The odds that the space rock dubbed Y4, which is nearly ...
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An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don’t run for cover just yet. A NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted the asteroid ...
If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that ...