The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...
Two weeks ago, when Ars first wrote about the asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies ...
However, we’re not totally out of the woods just yet. YR4 still sits at a level three on the Torino Scale — a standard rubric ...
NASA video captures fresh look at 'city-destroying' asteroid, as it updates the chance that it will strike Earth in 2032, ...
An asteroid that's big enough to wipe out a city has a 1-in-43 chance of hitting our planet in the year 2032. But according to new calculations, there's an even smaller chance that it might crash ...
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
An asteroid capable of flattening a mid-sized city could potentially collide with Earth eight years from now, as its orbit around the sun briefly intersects the path of our planet. Named 2024 YR4 ...
Independent scientists are also weighing in on the onoing hot discussion about asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a little over 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. The fear-inspiring ‘city-killer ...
The explosive blast created by the impact quickly engulfs and destroys the entire city. This theoretical asteroid is roughly the same size as Asteroid YR4, which astronomers have been closely ...
The terrifying prediction that a 'city-destroying' asteroid is hurtling towards Earth has set alarm bells ringing at the world's space agencies. Now, a NASA scientist has predicted exactly where ...
you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs," said Betts. The best modern comparison is the 1908 Tunguska Event, when an asteroid or comet fragment measuring 30-50 meters ...