NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth. Last week, the asteroid had a 3.1% probability of hitting Earth, which set a record level for large space rocks.

The telescope was repurposed for asteroid and comet tracking after ... that the rock could hit the moon.) The detection shows that the system for defending Earth from lethal space rocks works ...

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-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of ...

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.

(Picture: MetaBallStudios/SWNS) If it were to hit Earth, the energy released would ... commander Chris Hadfield has now predicted the new comet could produce a crater, rather than break apart ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking Earth eight years from now.

Impact Winter is an Audible Originals podcast that started back in 2022. A comet hits the Earth, kicking up huge clouds of dust into the sky and covering the su ...