The near-earth object first discovered in 2024 has stirred up conversation on social media because of the potential for an ...
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.
Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the ...
What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...
Imagine that the Earth was hit by an asteroid the size of the World Trade Center. What would happen? Scientists have modeled ...
The 2024 YR4 was spotted on December 27, 2024, by the Atlas Telescope in Chile. Reportedly, the space rock is around 40 to ...