A massive asteroid could slam into Earth - but you’ll have to wait a while for it to arrive. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot large space rock could hit just before Christmas of ...

A massive asteroid could slam into Earth - but you’ll have to wait a while for it to arrive. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot large space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, ...

Jan. 29, 2025 You may hear about a large asteroid headed toward Earth. Don’t panic. Just after Christmas Day, astronomers spotted something zipping away from Earth: a rock somewhere between 130 ...

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%. “We are not worried ...

An asteroid up to 100 metres wide has a 1-in-83 chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032. That risk of impact is enough to have triggered global planetary defence response procedures for the ...

Astronomers have discovered a potentially hazardous asteroid that has a chance of smashing into Earth in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is 44 million kilometres (27m miles) from Earth, travelling at a ...

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Astronomers have discovered a potentially hazardous asteroid that has a chance of smashing into Earth in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is 44 million kilometres (27m miles) from Earth, travelling at a ...

“We are not worried at all, because of this 99 percent chance it will miss," said Paul Chodas, director of NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies. “But it deserves attention.” ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is 44 million kilometres (27m miles) from Earth, travelling at a velocity of 13.5 km/s, according to Nasa’s Eyes on Asteroid. Measuring roughly 60-metres across, the space rock ...