Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of …
1 day ago · A newly discovered asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in December of 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be 196 feet (60 meters) wide, and it is currently 27 ...
New Asteroid Tops NASA's Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of
8 hours ago · The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking Earth in just seven years. ... There is a 1.2% chance the asteroid hits ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has non-zero odds of hitting Earth
1 day ago · Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 swept into the view of the ATLAS asteroid impact early warning system – with telescopes in Hawaii, Chile and South Africa ...
Newly discovered asteroid could hit earth in 2032 and “cause a ...
10 hours ago · Soon after its discovery the asteroid - named 2024 YR4 - leapt to the top of NASA’s Sentry Risk Table, a classification of asteroids with the possibility of hitting earth in the next 100 years.
Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of Moon …
6 days ago · The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science. The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world’s attention last year after a NASA-funded telescope discovered it lingering close to, but never orbiting, our planet for several ...
Eyes on Asteroids - NASA/JPL - NASA's Eyes
Explore the 3D world of Asteroids, Comets and NEOs. Learn about past and future missions, tracking and predicting orbits, and close approaches to Earth.
Apophis - NASA Science
Dec 20, 2024 · When Apophis was discovered in 2004, it appeared the asteroid could potentially impact Earth in the coming decades. Astronomers closely tracked the asteroid, and now NASA is confident that there is no risk of Apophis impacting our planet for at least 100 years.
Collisions could increase chance of 'God of Destruction' asteroid ...
Sep 16, 2024 · The asteroid — named after the Egyptian serpent god of chaos and destruction Apep — is so large and will pass within 19,000 miles (30,600 kilometers) of Earth, so close to our planet that it ...
Asteroid Apophis to pass near Earth in 2029: What to know - USA TODAY
Aug 16, 2024 · A menacing asteroid named Apophis is projected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029, but scientists have long ruled it out as an impact risk.
'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis could still hit Earth in 2029, …
Sep 11, 2024 · There is a slim but overlooked risk that the "God of Chaos" asteroid Apophis could hit Earth as it makes a super close approach to our planet in 2029, a new study reveals. The odds of such a...