"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...
Asteroid ‘could head for Earth’, researchers say, but when and where could it strike? - Researchers discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 last Christmas — and the odds on it hitting Earth have increased since ...