The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.
Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.
YR4 has a 2.2% chance of striking Earth in seven years, but recent updates keep pushing the odds in the wrong direction.
Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...
Scientists will point the world’s most powerful telescope at the asteroid 2024 YR4, in the hope of understanding whether it ...
Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...
Chinese defence agency recruits space researchers following discovery of large asteroid with a 2.2 per cent chance of striking Earth in 2032.
Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies has located an asteroid hurtling in our direction and believes it could make ...
NASA has issued an alert for three near-Earth objects (NEOs) set to pass by Earth on 10 February 2025. While these asteroids ...
UNDATED (WKRC) - The chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4, originally discovered in December, colliding with earth has increased, ...