NASA Is Tracking 260-Foot Asteroid Approaching Earth. Should You Be Worried?
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed that this near-Earth visitor poses no threat to our planet.
NASA scientist warns full list of countries 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit in 2032
After asteroid 2024 YR4 first flew into view of NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in December 2024 ...
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Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen
The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...
Scientists' verdict on 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 as experts warn 'hope for the best'
The asteroid, discovered in December 2024, is believed to measure between 40 metres and 90 metres. It was first given a ...
Study models asteroid collision’s potentially devastating impact
A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.
Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
Artist's conception of the DART spacecraft approaching the Didymos asteroid system before deflecting the Dimorphos moonlet ...
NASA’s Webb Telescope To Study Asteroid 2024 YR4 As Impact Risk Rises
NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...
Scientists’ Simulation Reveals The Devastation Caused If Asteroid Bennu Strikes Earth In 2182
Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...