Space alert: UN activates Planetary Security Protocol for first time due to risk of asteroid collision
The scientific community is on alert after the discovery of the asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, by the ATLAS ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid is hurtling by Earth — and scientists are warning of its potential impact
An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than the atomic bomb has triggered global space ...
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Scientists Warn an Asteroid the Size of a Football Field Could Strike Earth and Destroy an Entire City
The massive space rock with the risk of hitting Earth's surface within the next seven years has kept scientists on their toes ...
An asteroid with a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032 is triggering planetary defense planning
YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a ...
It’s not sci-fi: Americans support asteroid defense spending
Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...
Asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty sparks global defence plan as it heads towards Earth
A massive asteroid discovered last month could crash into Earth and it has now triggered a planetary defence response having ...
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UN’s Unprecedented Response to Asteroid Threat: A Global Wake-Up Call
The United Nations has activated its Planetary Security Protocol for the first time in history. The catalyst for this ...
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Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...
Global defence plan triggered as 100-metre asteroid may hit earth in 2032
A hundred-metre-wide asteroid has been placed at the top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December last year ...