NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032.
Initially, the odds of a collision in 2032 were as high as 3 percent, making it a top concern on global asteroid-risk lists.
The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 ...
The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
There’s still a 1.7 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA.
At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.
YR4, once considered a potential threat to Earth, is now unlikely to hit in 2032, as new data and observations significantly ...
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the ...
Risk to planet from 2024 YR4, a football pitch-sized space rock, has been ‘significantly’ downgraded… but the Moon remains in ...
After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer ...
YR4, deemed the riskiest asteroid on record last week, now has nearly a zero percent chance of impacting Earth in 2032, ...
The space rock that once posed the greatest risk of impact to Earth in recorded history now has a near zero chance of ...