NASA has selected SpaceX to launch its NEO Surveyor spacecraft, which will hunt for asteroids and comets that could pose a ...
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into our ...
The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...
After analyzing asteroid 2024 YR4 and its path, NASA scientists determined the possibility that the rock will hit Earth in ...
But after reaching the top of NASA's asteroid risk list, the chances of YR4, which is estimated to measure 130-300 feet ...
There’s still a 1.7 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA.
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...
The odds that the space rock, 2024 YR4, will smash into our planet in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, leading astronomers to conclude that we are no longer in danger.
Some astronomers have described it as a 'city killer' and say it could detonate with hundreds of times the force of the ...
YR4: After estimating an initial 3.1 per cent impact probability, Nasa's latest calculations revealed that the asteroid 2024 YR4 has near-zero chances of hitting Earth in 2032 ...
NASA had it down to 0.0027% — meaning the asteroid will safely pass Earth in 2032 and there’s no threat of impact for the ...