An asteroid which has a one in 32 chance of hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a city has been caught on camera.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn that “city killer” space rock could approach our planet again ...
But now, the latest update for the city-killer asteroid has delivered an audible sigh of relief as its chances of hitting Earth in 2032 have dropped to virtually zero. When Asteroid 2024 YR4 was ...
A colossal asteroid, known as 2014 TN17 ... Experts have labeled 2014 TN17 a "city-killer" due to its sheer size and destructive potential. If a collision were to occur, the impact could cause ...
After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat from the asteroid 2024 YR4, Nasa and the European Space Agency said Tuesday. At one point, the odds of a strike ...
The asteroid that once posed the greatest impact ... can sleep soundly knowing that 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth, unleashing city-wide devastation, scientists will relish the opportunity to study ...
A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity has only just recovered from the near-miss of asteroid YR4 ...
you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs." The European Space Agency, which estimates that the asteroid has a 2.4 percent chance of hitting Earth, said in a statement ...
NASA has said Earth will likely be spared by a deadly Big Ben-sized asteroid and predicts it could smash into the Moon instead in a dramatic collision. The space agency feared the chance of a ...
Space agencies have been granted permission to use a giant telescope to discover how much damage a so-called "city-killer" asteroid would cause if it were to hit the Earth. The rare decision comes ...