Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.
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Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
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Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...
YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.
An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...
Scientists comment on asteroid 2024 YR4 which may hit Earth in 2032. Prof Martin Ward, Emeritus Temple Chevallier Professor of Astronomy, Durham University, said: ...
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.