Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes rush to tra ...
Danger approaching at 38,000 Km/hour! Several cities to be wiped out, China is deploying ‘army’, the asteroid to hit Earth in…
YR4 was first reported to the Minor Planet Center – the international clearing house for small body positional measurements – ...
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Nearby Habitable-Zone Exoplanet May Be a World of Fire and Ice
A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...
Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth went up. Scientists aren't surprised.
Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks ...
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
New NASA imagery shows large asteroid that could impact Earth in 2032
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
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NASA discovers a planet much larger than Earth
NASA has been monitoring a never-before-seen planet in its solar system, which is eight times the size of Earth.
Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.
NASA's terrifying protocol if asteroid was heading towards Earth as 'exact locations' of potential 2032 collision revealed
The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Chile, dubbed ATLAS, came across the space rock while observing the ...
There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA
A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.
This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
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A huge space rock has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth so let's all play Asteroid Launcher
We interrupt our regular schedule of fish puns and naughty jokes about holes to warn you that a huge chunk of celestial ...