A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, creating plenty of headlines about its potential impact. The threat is all but ...
If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Those are the ...
A small asteroid just gave the Earth a close buzz. The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Tuesday (Sept. 30) at 8:49 p.m. EDT ...
The asteroid, dubbed YR4, was first discovered in December 2024. There’s the good (Earth is no longer at risk of a direct hit from an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4); the bad (shrapnel could cause extensive ...
The chances of an asteroid as large as the width of an NFL field striking Earth continue to tick up, according to NASA. The recently discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 2.6% probability of impact, ...
An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don’t run for cover just yet. A NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted the asteroid, named 2024 ...
NASA has issued an alert about an impending asteroid, one as large as a skyscraper, that is on a trajectory towards our planet. This article aims to shed light on the specifics of this sizeable ...
The asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a hazard to Earth, according to the James Webb Space Telescope Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...
Astronomers around the world have trained their telescopes toward an asteroid they believe has a minimal, but not insignificant, chance of hitting Earth in just under 8 years. Though space agencies ...
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