It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

Scientists across the world, including some in Arizona, are keeping an eye on an asteroid that has a very slim chance of ...

While the identification has triggered international planetary defense measures, experts say that further observations of the asteroid might drop the impact probability down to zero.

Those odds may seem pretty good (assuming you're hoping for a miss), but consider this: The International Warning Asteroid Network ... the event it did hit Earth, the "impact risk corridor" extends ...

When the spacecraft completed its long journey home more than a year ago, NASA split up a 120-gram sample, collected in October 2020 from the asteroid ... the Indo-Pacific region, begin life ...

there is a 1.6 percent chance the asteroid will strike Earth on December 22, 2032. If it does hit, possible impact sites include over the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern South America, the ...

It was discovered on December 27 in Chile. As per LiveScience, Nasa’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System spotted the asteroid. As per The Telegraph, it measures between 40 and 100 metres.

2024 YR4 has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032 The asteroid's impact could release energy equal to eight megatons of T Scientists stress ongoing monitoring but say risk may decrease ...

placing this asteroid at the top of ESA's risk list. The potential collision date is marked for December 22, 2032, but pinpointing the exact location of impact, should it occur, remains uncertain ...

by the Nasa-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile. Estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, Asteroid 2024 YR4 grabbed the attention of astronomers when it rose on ...