Scientists have discovered further details on the colossal mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs using a new map of "mega ... generated by the asteroid, whose impact triggered a ...

New details about the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid - the one which wiped out the dinosaurs - have been revealed after researchers created a new map of ... reaching the heights of a five ...

ESA-Science Office It seems that Earth isn’t likely to be struck by an incoming asteroid after all, as scientists have revised the impact likelihood of object 2024 YR4. The asteroid which has a ...

“A large asteroid impact is potentially the only natural disaster humanity has the technology to predict years in advance and take action to prevent,” NASA planetary defense officer emeritus ...

Future observations of the asteroid will help scientists determine the likelihood of an impact. The asteroid is estimated to be between 131 and 328 feet (40 and 100 meters) wide. Asteroids of this ...

And as they learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, the odds of impact are expected to slightly rise before before it's expected – and hoped – they fall to zero, astronomers at the ...

Feb. 8, 2025 Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the Earth ... parts of the cosmic map where they can mark ...

A newly discovered near-Earth asteroid called 2024 YR4 is one possibly perilous object: It’s a 130 to 300-foot long rock that could impact somewhere on Earth on December 22, 2032. To be clear ...

Researchers from the European Centre for Research and Teaching in Environmental Geosciences (CEREGE) are currently assessing the site to determine if it is indeed a meteorite impact crater.