Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.
According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.
The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...
Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...
No, or at least not because of the 2024 YR asteroid. First off, there is currently only about a one-in-43 chance that this ...
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
Was 2020’s ‘Don’t Look Up’ accurate? Find out what NASA revealed about an asteroid that will approach Earth in 2032.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
The 55m-wide asteroid would strike the Earth with 500 times the energy of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. But the odds of ...