A chilling new simulation shows how a concerning asteroid could cause a 'cataclysmic air burst' over New York if it hit the earth - in 2032. The recently discovered space rock, measuring 130 to ...

des=2024%20YR4. For an asteroid of this size range, NASA says that an airburst would be a likely scenario meaning that the asteroid would break up and burst in the atmosphere. If an object of this ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

2024 YR4 isn't the largest asteroid out there ... with experts saying the most likely scenario would be an air burst. That means it would explode in the sky after entering the atmosphere, bursting ...

The space agency said if a small 130- to 200-foot asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere over a populated area, an airburst could shatter windows or cause structural damage across a city. A larger ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field ... For 2024 YR4, the explosion from an airburst would equal around eight megatons of TNT — more than 500 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb.

NASA gave the all-clear Monday on an asteroid that previously had a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032. While its odds had briefly risen to a record high of 3.1%, they have now dropped to near ...

Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth known as the so-called "city killer." "This one got a lot of attention because it rose to a threat level that we just have not seen ...

Should the asteroid hit, it would be far from an extinction-level event for humanity, but while that’s good news, an airburst would, it is thought, be equivalent to about five hundred (there are ...

Recently the asteroid 2024 YR4, which is expected to ... it would at the very least cause an airburst, shattering windows and infrastructure if it took place near a large city.