The near-Earth asteroid 2011 AG5 currently has an impact probability of 1 in 625 for Feb. 5, 2040, said Donald Yeomans, head of the Near-Earth Object Observations Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

The huge asteroid 2011 AG5 will zip by Earth in 2040 but poses no threat of hitting our planet, a new study confirms. The 140-foot wide asteroid was discovered in 2011.

But after observing the space rock's orbit, they've calculated a 1-in-625 chance that the asteroid called 2011 AG5 could collide with Earth on Feb. 5, 2040. "2011 AG5 is the object which currently ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its ...

An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don’t run for cover just yet. A NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted the asteroid ...

However, if Asteroid 2024 YR4 does hit Earth, most people won’t even know it happened. "This is not a get-worried kind of situation," asteroid and comet expert Teddy Kareta told FOX Weather.

This article was originally published with the title “ Will an Asteroid Hit Earth? ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 332 No. 5 (May 2025), p. 92 doi: ...

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, but the Moon may not be so lucky. The chance of the asteroid smashing into ...

Astronomers have spotted an asteroid with a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be about 40-90 meters wide, big enough to cause local devastation but not ...

Huge Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2032. Here's How We Could Stop It. Published Feb 07, 2025 at 11:15 AM EST. By . Theo Burman is a Newsweek Live News Reporter based in London, U.K.

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers say not to fret.

The odds of a recently discovered asteroid hitting the Earth in 2032 have slightly increased, but one local scientist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said there’s no need to worry.