YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

Current trajectory estimates assume a spherical asteroid, with a typical density for an S-type asteroid (a common type of rocky asteroid). The asteroid 2024 YR 4 has very little chance of being ...

An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

New information is pushing Asteroid 2024 YR4 off of our front pages. Initial estimates gave it a 2.8% chance of striking ...

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...

That people are effectively taking bets on Earth’s chance of being hit is a reason to be genuinely optimistic about the future of the world: Asteroid strikes are a rare but very real type of ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was first identified ... Credit: Daniel Bamberger (Renerpho) Wikimedia Commons This type of planning and programming requires funds that currently hang precariously ...

They believe that 2022 OB5 is an M-type, a class of asteroids comprising 5 percent of known space rocks that may have a high amount of metal. The analysis of the asteroid has not yet been published.

When Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered ... While 2024 YR4 is no longer a concern, astronomers warn that these types of alerts will become more frequent as telescopes improve.

Overall, they write, a Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” reducing land photosynthesis by 36 percent and marine photosynthesis by 25 percent. That would in ...

If the asteroid were to impact our planet, it would not have the same type of impact as the asteroid that allegedly killed the dinosaurs. The asteroid is roughly the same size as one that exploded ...