A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity ...
YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.
A scientists has warned that a destructive asteroid could be heading towards Earth and we don't have the technology to detect ...
2024 YR4 isn't the largest asteroid out there ... "Tiny asteroids do hit the Earth all the time, disintegrating in the atmosphere as fireballs; fortunately small ones cause little damage on ...
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...