NASA updates its percentage risk of asteroid hitting Earth - Space rock 2024 YR4 now has a 1.5 per cent chance of colliding ...

The chances a ‘city killer’ asteroid will crash into Earth in seven years’ time have fallen, NASA has said. Scientists have ...

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 ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of ...

There is now a roughly 1-in-32 chance of an asteroid that could be up to 100m wide hitting Earth in 2032, following an update by NASA. According to NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), ...

It is currently the most dangerous space object near Earth, according to NASA, and its impact on the planet would have the same power as a nuclear bomb. If the asteroid does hit the planet ...

At the time of publication, there is a 2.3 percent chance of an asteroid — called 2024 YR4 — hitting the planet in 2032, according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. Less than a ...

The chances of a collision are low but NASA said there is a 2.3% chance that the asteroid will hit Earth in 2032. NBC News’ Kathy Park reports on what experts are saying. Feb. 13, 2025 ...

Five asteroids are expected to make close approaches to Earth this weekend. A large asteroid ... NASA. The space rock, named 2024 YR4, is between 130 feet and 330 feet in diameter and could hit ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of consternation because it carries an uncommonly high risk of colliding into Earth. It's the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first ...

NASA officials have discovered a new asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in December 2032. The near-Earth asteroid has been named 2024 YR4 and is estimated to be 40 to 90 meters wide.

But the world's space agencies have now made a rare emergency decision as the chances of Earth being hit by a 'city-killer ... December last year by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact ...