It is between 130 and 300 feet wide and has a fluctuating chance of impacting the planet on Dec. 22, 2032. Although the percentage of impact is still relatively low — a fluctuating 1% ...

So, is a comet actually going to hit Earth in 2032? If so, what will happen to humanity? At the time of publication, there is a 2.3 percent chance of an asteroid — called 2024 YR4 — hitting ...

Nasa is monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.5% chance of hitting Earth by 2032. Measuring between 130 and 300 feet wide, the asteroid could impact a major city, endangering millions.

An asteroid's chances of hitting the Earth in 2032 have risen again to over 3%. Experts say not to worry for now, as chances the asteroid will miss the Earth stand at nearly 97%. Astronomers now ...

Forward-looking: The asteroid that has 1-in-43 odds of hitting Earth in 2032 has an even smaller chance of colliding with something else instead: our moon. The object, around half the size of a ...

A near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4 was first reported in December by the NASA funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile. As of Thursday, Feb. 20, data shows that ...

An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet — the highest probability ever assigned ...

and a month later scientists concluded there was a more than 1% chance the asteroid would crash into Earth in December 2032. When scientists first reported their findings in January, they expected ...

However, just a day later on Wednesday, the risk of the strike suddenly plummeted to 1.5 percent. The odds appear to be on their way to zero, as the probability dropped to 0.28 percent on Thursday ...

Languages: English. U.S. hospitals are on track for a crisis come 2032 that may lead to hundreds of thousands of additional deaths each year. "For general hospital beds that are not ICU-level ...

Two weeks ago, when Ars first wrote about the asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies estimated a 1.9 percent chance of an impact with Earth in 2032. NASA's most ...