Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant threat to Earth in 2032, NASA's latest analysis determines
The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...
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Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise. Here’s Why It Keeps Changing
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...
Indiatimes7d
NASA Alert! 67-foot asteroid heading towards Earth at 16,490 mph tomorrow
NASA is tracking a 67-foot asteroid traveling at 16,490 mph, set to closely fly by Earth on 18 February 2025. Although the asteroid will pass at a safe distance of 3,170,000 miles, its speed and ...
Scientific American4d
‘City Killer’ Asteroid’s Earth Impact Risk Rises and Falls Again
The asteroid 2024 YR4 probably won’t come nearly as close to Earth anytime soon as the space rock in this artist’s ...
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Odds of asteroid YR4 2024 hitting Earth in 2032 go up, then down again, in latest NASA analysis
An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet — the highest probability ever assigned ...
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Is Nasa planning to 'destroy' the 'city-killer' asteroid from hitting Earth in 2032?
Nasa is monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.5% chance of hitting Earth by 2032. Measuring between 130 and 300 feet wide, the asteroid could impact a major city, endangering millions.
New Scientist7d
Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 have reached new high
NASA has upgraded the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 3.1 per cent, or about a 1-in-32 chance, the highest odds yet of collision. Astronomers discovered that the asteroid was ...
The Hill4d
Don’t lose sleep over asteroid impact odds: Planetary scientist
The odds will change as the asteroid approaches Earth Scientists constantly updating predictions with new data Even if it hits Earth, the asteroid would not end civilization The odds will change ...
CNN5d
An asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth keep shifting. Here’s why that is happening
The narrow difference is due to the two agencies’ use of different tools for determining the asteroid’s orbit and modeling its potential impact. But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance ...
Astronomy4d
Asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of hitting Earth just got a lot smaller
In December, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), located in Chile, identified an asteroid they automatically designated 2024 YR4. The solar system is flooded with asteroids ...
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Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth
Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December 2032. By Robin George Andrews Robin George Andrews has written a book ...
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NASA massively lowers impact risk of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 to 1 in 360
If you've been worrying about reports of a possible asteroid impact in 2032, we have very good news. NASA has dropped the probability of an impact from asteroid 2024 YR4 — at first to 1 in 67 ...