What could be a 100-metre wide asteroid, 2024 YR4, has very slim chance of hitting the Earth early in about eight years time. Here’s why astronomers are paying attention.
Asteroid 2025 BS4 is predicted to come within 511,000 miles of our planet, which is still twice as far as the average 238,900-mile distance between Earth and the moon. But due to its relative ...
Spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on December 27, 2024, the asteroid is estimated to be 180 feet (55 meters) in diameter. While it is not large enough to destroy the ...