After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There's no real risk to the planet in seven years or afterward, according to the ...

A diagram shows the orbit of an asteroid (white), expected to pass by earth (blue), on June 12, 2023. JPL/NASA.

This orbital diagram from CNEOS's close approach viewer shows 2023 BU's trajectory - in red - during its close approach to Earth on Jan. 26, 2023. ... The asteroid, 2023 BU, ...

A diagram showing the trajectory of the Lucy spacecraft during its flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh and its satellite. Illustration: Overall graphic, NASA/Goddard/SwRI; Inset “A,” NASA/Goddard ...

The asteroid is now more likely to hit the moon Credit: Getty. Odds of the rock hitting the Earth stand at 1-in-37,000, ... This diagram shows how YR4 will loop back around and pass nearby Earth.

This diagram shows the orbital path of Asteroid 2024 YR4. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) ... The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

Asteroid orbit diagram. The 2024 ON asteroid last came close to Earth in 2013. NASA. Fortunately, there’s no need to brace for armageddon anytime soon.

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an asteroid with a 1%–2% chance of a fatal collision occurring in 2032. While ...

How to Kill an Asteroid Robin George Andrews W.W. Norton & Co., $29.99. The dinosaurs saw a grisly death at the hands of an asteroid, but who’s to say that Earth’s modern-day inhabitants won ...

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid thought to be around 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) in diameter impacted the Earth, forming a crater 200 kilometers (120 miles) in diameter, and 1 kilometer (0. ...

A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is due to pass within 2.8 million miles (3.5 million km) of Earth on June 5 and you can watch it happen live online.