17 hours ago · What we know 2024 YR4 and its chances of hitting Earth. Dubbed 2024 YR4, the asteroid was first spotted on December 27, 2024, by the El Sauce Observatory in Chile. Based …

10 hours ago · A newly discovered near-Earth asteroid called 2024 YR4 is one possibly perilous object: It’s a 130 to 300-foot long rock that currently stands a 1 in 53 chance of impacting …

3 days ago · It was initially thought to have a 2.7% chance of hitting Earth in 2029, but that probability was later downgraded. In 2021, astronomers said the Earth was safe from Apophis …

10 hours ago · The asteroid, which contains the building blocks of life according to recent studies of samples returned to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, is a medium-size space rock …

6 days ago · But the asteroid's size, and the non-zero chance of it hitting Earth within the next 50 years, are enough to invoke global planetary defense procedures. The IAWN will coordinate …

2 days ago · UN planetary defence organisations are closely monitoring an asteroid that has a tiny risk of hitting the Earth. The European Space Agency (ESA) has said that it has an almost …

Jan 29, 2025 · A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032. NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday the chance of impact is slightly more than 1%. …

5 days ago · An asteroid recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years may have caused some alarm. Don't freak out – yet. Yes, the asteroid has …

Jan 28, 2025 · A 196-foot-wide asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in 2032. An expert tells Space.com where this asteroid could impact our planet and what level of destruction it …

3 days ago · Odds are a funny thing. 1-in-100, for example, sounds like a long shot—until you find out it’s the chance that an asteroid will impact Earth. In a surprising—but not definitive—turn of ...

Jan 30, 2025 · A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, has raised concerns among astronomers due to its small but measurable chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032.While the …

6 days ago · Asteroid 2025 BR2, with JPL describes as an "airplane-size" space rock about 67 feet long, is expected to pass within 3.21 million miles of Earth, while another asteroid, 2015 …

6 days ago · The asteroid came closest to Earth on Christmas Day—passing within roughly 500,000 miles (800,000 kilometers) of Earth, about twice the distance of the moon. It was …

Nov 8, 2024 · A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before impact monitoring systems had registered its trajectory.

3 days ago · A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall could strike Earth on Dec.22, 2032, alerting planetary defense groups at the United Nations.

Jan 29, 2025 · An asteroid up to 100 metres wide has a 1-in-83 chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032. That risk of impact is enough to have triggered global planetary defence …

Dec 3, 2024 · Designated as COWECP5, the asteroid burned up in the atmosphere as it streaked across the Eastern Siberia sky around 11:14 a.m. ET on Tuesday. The asteroid was detected …

Sep 16, 2024 · The chances of a roughly 3-meter-wide asteroid hitting Apophis and putting it on a collision course with Earth in 2029 were 1 in 2 billion. An illustration of NASA's Double Asteroid...

12 hours ago · The findings were modeled on near-Earth asteroid Bennu, considered by NASA to pose the highest risk to our planet in terms of proximity and impact. The asteroid measures …

Oct 19, 2020 · A 12-foot asteroid may hit Earth a day before the elections; 2018VP1, a refrigerator-sized asteroid, is too small to cause possible harm to the planet