The asteroid, estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, is big enough to potentially wipe out a city. It first caught astronomers' attention when it rose on the NASA automated Sentry risk list ...

Even more recently, on June 30, 1908, an asteroid plunged into Earth's atmosphere and exploded in the skies over Siberia, and on Feb. 15, 2013, residents of the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia ...

He was 75. Johansen died Friday at his home in New York City, Jeff Kilgour, a family spokesperson, told The Associated Press. Johnson's health status had been updated by his stepdaughter ...

Thus, the asteroid was temporarily given a Torino Scale of 3, which marked a grave threat. Prior to the danger of impact being minimized, 2024 YR4 was a "city-killer" asteroid. Measuring some 54 ...

A fund was launched by Johansen’s family to raise money for his around-the-clock care. The New York City-born Johansen was best known for his work in the pioneering punk group the New York Dolls ...

UK VFX group Jellyfish Pictures, which has credits on such projects as Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City and The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and the upcoming series of ...

The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth has been reduced to almost zero after new observations dramatically shrunk the “uncertainty window,” according to the European Space Agency.

He was 75. Johansen died Friday at his home in New York City, according to Rolling Stone, citing a family spokesperson, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. It was revealed in early 2025 ...

Maggie Lieu has received funding from STFC. In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s significant about this 100m ...

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. A week ago ...

‘City Killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 is a threat to Mumbai? Know its impact and other details Asteroid 2024 YR4 is estimated to be between 130 to 300 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, roughly the size ...

Close call: Earth spared from asteroid impact, but the Moon is at risk NASA warns the asteroid now has a 1.7% chance of hitting our lunar neighbor, a major jump from previous estimates.