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YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...
NASA issued a statement about a “city-killer” asteroid (2024 YR4) that they said had a 1.2% chance of slamming into Earth on ...
Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...
There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...
The brilliant flash, which was accompanied by a sonic boom that many mistook for an earthquake, resulted in hundreds of calls ...
YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...
I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 ...
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses 2032 asteroid collision 05:14. An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years ...
Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 have again risen, though the risk remains tiny, astronomers say. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4.
How often do meteorites hit Earth? The frequency of meteorites making it to the Earth's surface depends on their size, according to the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.
Not big enough to be a threat to Earth, asteroid 2022 EB5 hit Earth off the coast of Iceland on March 11, two hours after it was first seen. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest ...
Earth is hit by thousands of meteorites each year, according to a 2020 study published in Geology — but they're small meteorites, not planet-changing asteroids. And with those meteorites come numerous ...