Smithsonian Magazine7h
Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise. Here’s Why It Keeps Changing
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...
City-killer asteroid could strike the Moon instead of Earth, reports claim
New reports suggest that the city-killer asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the Moon instead of Earth when it passes by again in ...
Live Science on MSN4d
'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say
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 ...
Daily Mail7d
Terrifying animation reveals the projected path of the 'city-destroying' asteroid heading towards Earth - as scientists warn the MOON could also be in the firing line
In a post on BlueSky, Dr Rankin revealed that there was a roughly 0.3 per cent chance of 2024 YR4 hitting the moon. Without any atmosphere to slow its approach, the asteroid would slam into the ...
Dallas Morning News8d
An asteroid could collide with Earth: What could happen, and should we worry?
An asteroid will ... the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth at 9:46 AM EST (13:46 GMT) passing by at about three-quarters the distance from Earth to the moon.
ITV17h
Asteroid 2024 YR4: When could the asteroid hit and what would happen if it did?
The risk of a newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth has fallen after Nasa initially gave it the highest-ever impact probability for its size ... the distance of the Moon. Ultimately, it is ...
The Independent6d
Asteroid headed towards Earth could smash into the Moon, scientists say
Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, or Cneos, reviewed the trajectory of the asteroid 2024 YR4 and found that its odds of striking ... crashing onto the Moon. Since the Moon does ...