Initially, the odds of a collision in 2032 were as high as 3 percent, making it a top concern on global asteroid-risk lists.
The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 ...
Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, ...
The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
Risk to planet from 2024 YR4, a football pitch-sized space rock, has been ‘significantly’ downgraded… but the Moon remains in ...
It is estimated that ~25 million meteoroids, micrometeoroids, and other space debris enter Earth’s atmosphere each day, and ...
YR4, once considered a potential threat to Earth, is now unlikely to hit in 2032, as new data and observations significantly ...
The space rock that once posed the greatest risk of impact to Earth in recorded history now has a near zero chance of ...
Nasa has it down to 0.0017 per cent – meaning the asteroid will safely pass Earth in 2032 and there’s no threat of impact for ...
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the ...
YR4 was initially discovered late last year and is believed to measure between 130 and 300 feet across, comparable to the ...