‘City Killer’ Asteroid’s Earth Impact Risk Rises and Falls Again
The asteroid 2024 YR4 probably won’t come nearly as close to Earth anytime soon as the space rock in this artist’s illustration. But astronomers can’t yet rule out a potentially catastrophic encounter projected for December 2032.
Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.
New calculations indicate that the asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is now much less likely to hit Earth than earlier measurements ...
Dr. Richard Binzel is a leading astronomer and professor at MIT. Binzel and his team have been following asteroid 2024 YR4 ...
Legendary scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson has explained how NASA and other planetary defense bodies could deflect the potential ...
How prepared are we to deflect an asteroid heading towards Earth? This question is answered by two studies just published in ...
Astronomers at NASA say there's a small chance a distant asteroid could hit Earth three days before Christmas in 2032 - but ...
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