In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity ...
However, an impact on the moon cannot be ruled out. Then in January of this year, the near approach of an asteroid perhaps ... over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring many people when its shock wave ...
The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.
Its impact on Earth could be as powerful ... residents of the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia, witnessed an asteroid exploding in the atmosphere. If an asteroid landed on the ocean, the destruction ...
However, there is a 1.7% chance that it could impact the moon. In 2013, a small asteroid, just 60 feet wide, exploded over Russia, injuring more than 1,600 people. An asteroid big enough to wipe ...
February, asteroid 2024 YR4 was spotted and originally believed to have a 3.1 per cent of hitting Earth in 2032. Further calculations revealed this was not the case.