Asteroid the size of a 20-story building headed for Earth in 2032, astronomers warn - The 60-metre object has ‘one of the ...
Asteroid ‘could head for Earth’, researchers say, but when and where could it strike? - Asteroid estimated to have a one in ...
Further research might bring those odds down to zero, but we will likely have to wait a couple of years to know for sure ...
A 196-foot-wide asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in 2032. An expert tells Space.com where this asteroid could ...
Update: Odds have slightly increased to 1 in 83. This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly ...
YR4 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on December 25, 2024, when it was around 515,116 miles away from Earth.
Discovered last Christmas by Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey, the asteroid is currently the only Near-Earth Object that has been placed at a level three on Torino impact hazard scale, giving it ...
David Rankin, an engineer with the Catalina Sky Survey, has been tracking the asteroid closely. He told Space.com that further observations are needed to refine the trajectory. In 2028 ...
"This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever," Catalina Sky Survey engineer David Rankin wrote on Bluesky. "Most likely outcome is still a near miss." ...
"Odds have slightly increased to 1 in 83," Catalina Sky Survey engineer and asteroid hunter David Rankin wrote on BlueSky. "This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a ...