Odds of asteroid's impact keep going up — just as scientists expected
Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks can still be threatening, as the surprise 56-foot (17-meter) rock that exploded over Russia and blew out people's windows in 2013 proved.
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The asteroid 2024 YR4 is now the highest-risk impact against Earth, with a 3.1% probabilityThe latest update from NASA has raised the collision probability in 2032 from 2.6% to 3.1%, while ESA has increased it from 2.4% to 2.8%. 2024 YR4 has already surpassed the percentage that Apophis ...
A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...
In late December of 2024, um, *** NASA funded near Earth asteroid survey, the one that, you know, I operate called Atlas, uh, discovered an asteroid that as it came by the Earth, uh, this time ...
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