An asteroid spotted in late December 2024 caught astronomers’ eyes and simulations to determine possible orbits indicate the object could strike Earth in 2032, but West Virginia University researchers ...
It is as wide as the wing span of a 747 and has a 1 in 83 chance of hitting the Earth when it arrives in 2032. David Moore of Astronomy Ireland told DublinLive that 2024 YR4 would be a “country killer ...
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...
Pop culture is rife with depictions of asteroids on a collision course with Earth. The idea of a celestial body heading right ...
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years.Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the ...
A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost immediately.
The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...