An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 1.5% chance of hitting Earth in about eight ... the inner planets before shooting past Mars and out toward Jupiter.

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...

We will not let that time pass by without action. When was the last time an asteroid had similar odds of hitting Earth? This is only the second time that impact prediction systems have rated any ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead. An asteroid that's big enough ...

"I find this asteroid to be extremely exciting! This is the last chance we have to observe the asteroid from Gemini before 2028." It might not look like much in this image, but this is the ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to ...

22, 2032. That’s the day an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 may strike our planet. Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an impact terribly likely—but the risk is on the rise. According to NASA’s Center ...

Apophis initially had a small chance to hit Earth on Sept. 13, 2024, but did not. The International Asteroid Warning Network put out a list of possible impact locations, which ranges from ...

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What to know about 2024 YR4: Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth. What is asteroid 2024 YR4 and why are scientists paying attention to it?

There is now a roughly 1 in 32 chance of an asteroid that could be up to 300ft (100m) wide hitting Earth in 2032, following an upgraded by NASA. According to NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Object ...