Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...
A space rock dubbed 2024 YR4 has a roughly 2.3% chance of smashing into our planet, NASA scientists announced.
Scientists have found an asteroid that might smash into the Earth in December 2032. That's less than eight short years away, ...
A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.
Below, we have all the updates that NASA has shared so far about the 2032 astroid. Will an Asteroid Hit Earth in 2032? At the ...
The potential impact would occur on Dec. 22, 2032. It’s much too soon to know where it might land if it did hit Earth.
YR4, discovered on December 27, 2024, by the ATLAS survey in Chile, has recently garnered attention due to an increased ...
Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 swept into view of the asteroid warning system, called ATLAS, in December last year. Astronomers then calculated that the space lump will make a super close approach to Earth in 2032 ...
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...