An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth Saturday ... Dust from the impact or air burst can make it into the atmosphere, with climate effects.” During the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia ...

An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is ... Dust from the impact or air burst can make it into the atmosphere, with climate effects.” During the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia, the impact ...

If [asteroid 2024 YR4] is made of stony material, it could cause a significant air burst and fireball reaching the ground,' ...

If [asteroid 2024 YR4] is made of stony material, it could cause a significant air burst and fireball reaching the ground,' Rankin said. 'If made of iron, it will punch right through the ...

If the asteroid (estimated to be between 130 and 330 feet wide) were to collide with Earth, it could lead to an air burst — exploding as it enters the atmosphere — or an impact crater. In either ...

Alternatively, it could explode in mid air in what's known as an 'air burst,' like the Tunguska asteroid did in 1908. That space rock was about the same size as YR4, and caused the most ...

The asteroid could be like the one that exploded over Siberia in 1908, burning 80 million trees in an 830 square-mile area. In either scenario, an air burst or a direct impact, 2024 YR4 could lay ...

The air-burst explosion from that asteroid shattered windows across the area, caused minor damage to some buildings, and resulted in around 1,500 injuries. An impact by 2024 YR4 would be around 15 ...

This should create enough pressure to deflect the asteroid's orbit ... almost instantly as the X-ray burst arrives, leaving the rock briefly suspended in the air. While gravity would have its ...

An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is ... Dust from the impact or air burst can make it into the atmosphere, with climate effects.” During the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia, the impact ...

An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is ... Dust from the impact or air burst can make it into the atmosphere, with climate effects.” During the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia, the impact ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, discovered last year ... It exploded in the air over Siberia in what's known as an 'air burst,' and a blast equivalent to detonating 50 million tons of TNT flattened an ...