No, or at least not because of the 2024 YR asteroid. First off, there is currently only about a one-in-43 chance that this ...
Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.
An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...
A space rock dubbed 2024 YR4 has a roughly 2.3% chance of smashing into our planet, NASA scientists announced.
According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
The internet is currently swimming with talk about an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. "Could" is a stretch, however, ...