Asteroid 2024 YR4: Now With 3.1% More Apocalypse!
Great news, everyone! NASA has once again crunched the numbers, and the chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 obliterating a city has gone up - aga...
NASA Ups the Odds: Asteroid 2032 Now 2.6% More Likely to Wreck Your Weekend Plans
Great news, everyone! NASA has crunched the numbers and, as of February 18th, the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 smacking into Earth on Dec...
Breaking News: The Moon Might Take One for the Team
Forget the doomsday asteroid headed for Earth—there’s a small but real chance this space rock might smack into the moon instead. That’s r...
NASA Reveals Which Countries Might Win the 2032 Asteroid Lottery
Good news, everyone! We might have seven years left before space throws a rock at us. NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1 i...
Everything You Ever Needed to Know About the 2032 Asteroid
So, there's this asteroid. And in classic space-rock fashion, it's decided to take a questionable path through our solar system that tech...
China Assembles Planetary Defense Team – Because Space Rocks Don’t Care About Borders
China is officially getting in on the “let’s not get hit by an asteroid” game. With asteroid 2024 YR4 now topping the European Space Agen...
Asteroids vs. Humanity: A History of Near Misses and Close Calls
Humanity has spent millennia worrying about all sorts of existential threats - plagues, world wars, reality TV - but the one thing we're ...
NASA Calls in the Big Guns: The James Webb Telescope is Now on Asteroid Watch
Because nothing says "We take this seriously" like bringing in the most powerful space telescope ever built to keep an eye on this thing....
A Totally Scientific (and Slightly Cynical) Look at Human Reactions
So, let’s say 2024 YR4 doesn’t just fly by and instead decides to RSVP "Yes" to Earth’s invitation. How would humanity react? Would we un...
What would happen if the 2032 Asteroid Actually Hit Earth, and can we stop it?
The odds of an asteroid crashing into Earth in 2032 have crept up slightly, which is a polite way of saying, "It's still not likely, but ...