NASA has downgraded the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 0.28 per cent, way lower than the 1.5 per cent it had predicted only days ago, and certainly far more heartening than the ...

How prepared are we to deflect an asteroid heading towards Earth? This question is answered by two studies just published in ...

Credit: ATLAS/NASA/Cover Images This footage shows the asteroid that could cause havoc by striking the Earth in 2032.

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...

The odds that a potentially destructive asteroid will collide with Earth in 2032 have increased once again, NASA says, but ...

As dark moonless skies make new observations of asteroid 2024 YR4 possible, researchers are refining its orbit — and its ...

As the French expert indicates, the size of asteroid 2024 YR4 “is between 40 and 100 meters, with a probable estimate of ...

Two studies published in Nature Communications analyze the impact of the DART mission on Dimorphos, revealing new strategies to improve asteroid deflection effectiveness through the study of ejecta.

Astronomers briefly raised the alert level for an asteroid that could be on a collision course with Earth. They gave it a 3% ...

The Gemini South telescope recently captured an image of an asteroid with a 1 in 48 chance of Earth impact by 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 2.3% chance ... kinds of missions that would get to 2024 YR4 at the right time for a deflection, and when we would need to launch them,” he stated in an email.

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4 and measuring 100m ... Dr Whitehouse said emergency deflection measures may need to be considered, including reaching the rock in 2028 in an attempt to nudge it ...