The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance it will hit our planet in the next eight years. Asteroid 2024 YR4, as it's ...
"Most likely outcome is still a near miss." But the asteroid's size, and the non-zero chance of it hitting Earth within the next 50 years, are enough to invoke global planetary defense procedures.
The potential impact would occur on Dec. 22, 2032. It’s much too soon to know where it might land if it did hit Earth. The good news, according to NASA, is that for now, no other known large ...
Newly Spotted Asteroid Has a Tiny Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said ...
If scientists can find the space rock in images from then, they should be able to determine whether it will hit or miss the planet, he told The Associated Press. “If we don’t find that detection, the ...
22, 2032. It’s much too soon to know where it might land if it did hit Earth. The good news, according to NASA, is that for now, no other known large asteroids have an impact probability above 1%.