The odds go up and down for specific asteroids: Researchers recently upgraded one named 2024 YR4 from ... that receives an average of 35 to 45 thunderstorm days per year. Chances: Almost none.

(Credit: ATLAS) Estimated to be about 40 to 90 meters wide, 2024 YR4 has an average 2 per cent chance of hitting Earth, on December 22, 2032. According to Dr Paul Chodas of NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1 in 360 chance of hitting Earth at the time of writing. | Credit: Dottedhippo via Getty Images NASA has downgraded the threat level of potential city-killer asteroid 2024 YR4.

The media is full of reports of a “city killer” asteroid called 2024 YR4 that's destined to impact Earth in 2032, with astronomers about to be left helpless as it moves out of view of ...

At the time, the odds of a small asteroid first discovered late last year—and designated 2024 YR4—hitting us were non-negligible. There was an estimated 3.2 percent chance that the large rock ...

NASA and ESA are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially had a higher collision probability with Earth than the Apophis asteroid. New data has since lowered the impact risk to 1.5% ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been downgraded to Level 0 on the ... with one AU being the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. The Moon will get a closer look, as it zips by at a distance ...

YR4 is classified as a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), meaning its orbit brings it into proximity with Earth’s orbit. Specifically, its semi-major axis — the average distance between the asteroid ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring 130 to 300 feet wide, currently has a 1.5% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. The odds of impact have decreased from initial estimates, and NASA expects them to ...

(CNN) — A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space ...