Protocols require the agencies to formally notify the public when the odds of an asteroid strike reach that 1% threshold, which in itself is an extremely rare occurrence. The highest estimate ...

As wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall, the asteroid is estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet in width. If it were to improbably strike Earth in December 2032, the estimated doomsday ...

Here's the latest on Asteroid 2024 YR4, and where it could most likely strike if it does hit Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 still has a nearly 97% chance to completely miss Earth in 2032, but its odds ...

Should this larger version of 2024 YR4 hit solid ground, it could carve out a crater perhaps two-thirds of a mile across. “The asteroid would create an enormous explosion,” Dr. Boslough said.

Could an asteroid really strike our planet? In what seems to be the backstory of a doomsday science fiction flick, NASA is tracking an asteroid that has a non-zero chance of striking Earth.

The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December of 2032, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies. When the detection of the ...

A city-killer asteroid is currently on NASA’s radar because it has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. However, new reports suggest that it could hit the Moon instead. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is ...