The telescope was repurposed for asteroid and comet ... hit—even on the small side of its size estimate. At one point, the rock had a 3.1 percent chance of a violent rendezvous with Earth ...

The odds of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 now stand at 1-in-32, or a 3.1 percent chance of collision, according to the latest data from NASA. On February 7, NASA upped the likelihood of the ...

This also means that the asteroid has currently been downgraded on the Torino Scale, which is a color-coded scale that astronomers use to assess the risk of an asteroid or comet hitting Earth.

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking Earth are almost zero after earlier data had indicated a higher risk of a ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting ... impact hazard to Earth" — though at one point earlier its estimate reached as high as 3.1%.

The possibility of “city-killing” asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth has doubled within the last few weeks, just like something out of a sci-fi movie. The asteroid, big enough to wipe out an ...

The chance of this impact rose to a high ... Earth in the past to form meteorite impact craters. It's very rare that planetary geologists can tell whether it was an asteroid or comet that hit.

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 have fallen to 1.5%, NASA announced Wednesday. That's down from the estimated 3.1% chance the agency said on Tuesday in a record high for an ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, initially had a 1% probability of hitting Earth, which then increased to 2.3%. On Feb. 18, the chances increased to 3.1%, the highest ...