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.
The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat ...
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into our ...
NASA awarded SpaceX a $100 million contract to launch a new satellite that could monitor extraterrestrial threats to the ...
Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? NASA says there's a chance, but the odds keep changing. We asked two experts to break it ...
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