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YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...
Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...
"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...
NASA issued a statement about a “city-killer” asteroid (2024 YR4) that they said had a 1.2% chance of slamming into Earth on ...
The research in North Carolina documents downstream remnants of the 35-million-year-old tsunami that followed the ...
International Asteroid Day is observed to help people understand how dangerous it could be if an asteroid ever hit the Earth.
NASA says the 10-storey YR4 asteroid could hit the Moon in 2032, which could see global communications come to a complete ...
Three of these asteroids would have over one million times the energy of Hiroshima if they were to strike Earth’s surface and ...
Could New York face an asteroid threat in our lifetime? Scientists explain potential impact scenarios, emergency preparedness ...
The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, was first spotted in 2024 and was initially feared to be on a collision course with Earth.
NASA has identified a 120-ft wide asteroid, 2025 MV89, set to pass near Earth on July 4 at a safe distance. Travelling at a speed of 31,204 km/h, it poses no threat to our planet.
A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It was first discovered zipping near the sun this fall.