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 about eight years, according to the space agency's latest calculations. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies previously projected a 3% chance of the asteroid striking our planet before lowering the chance to 0.28% last week.
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into our ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses a significant threat to Earth. NASA now considers the risk minimal. There is still a 1% ...
At one point the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.
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