The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.
Space agencies maintain that global cooperation and sustained investment are vital to planetary defence. While the DART mission demonstrated that deflection technology works, experts say early ...
This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade.
A NASA planetary defense officer warns thousands of near-Earth asteroids capable of destroying a city remain undetected.
EARTH cannot defend itself against the thousands of “city killer” asteroids that are zooming around space near our planet, Nasa chiefs warn. They reckon there are about 15,000 undetected ...
Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...
An asteroid hit Earth's atmosphere last Friday. Astronomers were able to precisely determine where it was going to strike. And despite seeing it just two hours before impact, its small size meant it ...
Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised an unusual possibility: the space rock could hit the Moon on Dec.
The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.
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