At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.
The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
YR4, once considered a potential threat to Earth, is now unlikely to hit in 2032, as new data and observations significantly ...
Initially, the odds of a collision in 2032 were as high as 3 percent, making it a top concern on global asteroid risk lists.
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the ...
Nasa has it down to 0.0017 per cent – meaning the asteroid will safely pass Earth in 2032 and there’s no threat of impact for ...
The space rock that once posed the greatest risk of impact to Earth in recorded history now has a near zero chance of ...
Risk to planet from 2024 YR4, a football pitch-sized space rock, has been ‘significantly’ downgraded… but the Moon remains in ...
It is estimated that ~25 million meteoroids, micrometeoroids, and other space debris enter Earth’s atmosphere each day, and ...
But after reaching the top of NASA's asteroid risk list, the chances of YR4, which is estimated to measure 130-300 feet ...
NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4, which was initially flagged as a potential threat, poses no significant danger to ...