Earlier this year, a roughly 200-foot near-Earth asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, made major headlines, with NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab warning that there was a small chance it could impact our planet on ...

In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 3/11/25, astrophysicist Brian Koberlein explains the science behind the "city-killer" asteroid (which is no longer expected to hit earth).

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

which successfully knocked asteroid Dimorphos out of its orbit in 2022, remains to be seen. More on the space rock: Don't Freak Out, But the Chances of That City Killer Asteroid Hitting Earth Just ...

Headlines called it a “city-killer” due to its potential to ... which successfully changed the path of an asteroid in 2022. Josh Hawkins has been writing for over a decade, covering science ...

An asteroid which has a one in 32 chance of hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a city has been caught on camera. Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a slightly higher than 3% chance of hitting the Earth ...

While the city-killer asteroid is currently speeding ... which successfully altered an asteroid’s course in 2022. For now, though, there’s still a 97.7 percent chance it will miss Earth.

Astronomers believe thousands of large undiscovered asteroids, that could cause regional damage, may be in space.

Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while astronomers warn that the moon could be in the line of fire as well.

An award-winning UK scientist warns that it might be too late to deflect the “city killer” asteroid ... knock the 580-foot-wide asteroid Dimorphos off course in 2022. This cosmic kamikaze ...

NASA data released Tuesday said there is now a 3.1 percent chance a "city-destroying" asteroid could smash into Earth in 2032. The asteroid named 2024 YR4 is being carefully monitored by the ...

In 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART ... idea of the strike zone of the asteroid—which is not a "planet killer" and at most could threaten a city, Moissl said.