NASA's estimated probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 has steadily increased. The chance of the highest-risk asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 has risen to 3.1% by NASA. Dubbed 2024 YR4 ...

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see ...

Asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt are bodies smaller than planets that orbit the sun. Asteroids are composed of metals and rock, whereas comets also contain ice and dust. The Kuiper belt is a ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in ...

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I almost concluded it was an actual NEO and stopped looking, but I asked around on the Minor Planet Mailing List just to erase my final doubts" G told Astronomy. It was then that Jonathan McDowell ...

A major study of botanic gardens around the world has revealed their struggles with one fundamental aim: to safeguard the world's most threatened plants from extinction. Researchers analyzed a ...