YR4 were to strike Earth, the energy released could be equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT, capable of devastating an area the ...

A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...

Per WIRED, astronomers currently believe 2024 YR4 would create an airburst—or mid-air explosion—upon impact that would be ...

This asteroid, if it were to hit Earth, would result in an explosion ... all of humanity — is the stuff of cheesy science fiction movies. Except it is science fact, and many believe we are ...

An asteroid is coming close to Earth in the future — but officials urge the public not to panic. Just days after astronomers initially insisted that the likelihood of a direct hit of the planet ...

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

In the unlikely scenario that the large asteroid does hit Earth, such an event won't necessarily spell doom. Over 70 percent of the planet is covered in ocean, meaning there's a good chance of a ...

Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured imagery of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). The comet's closest approach to Earth at 26.4 million miles (42.5 million km) away. Credit: Gianluca Masi / ...

The internet is currently swimming with talk about an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. "Could" is a stretch, however, as scientists currently estimate those chances are 2.3%, according to ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been ... after the notorious Apophis briefly hit a rating of 4 many when it was first discovered. The risk of Apophis impacting Earth during its 2029 flyby even rose as ...

A recently discovered asteroid that has captured ... a slightly increased risk of affecting Earth. Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032 ...