YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

Serious monitoring of objects near Earth only started in the late 20th century, explains Professor Mark Boslough from the University of New Mexico ... A large asteroid strike could be catastrophic if ...

Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 131 ... “Tiny asteroids do hit the Earth all the time, disintegrating in the atmosphere as fireballs; fortunately small ...

Astronomers say the 2024 YR4 asteroid still has a 97% chance of missing Earth in 2032, but the now 3.1% chance it will hit the planet is the highest risk level ever recorded. Despite the slim odds ...

"Tiny asteroids do hit the Earth all the time ... Ridge Observatory in New Mexico, the Danish Telescope and the Very Large Telescope in Chile to track the asteroid, which is currently more ...