For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, asteroid 2024 YR4. The chance of this impact rose to ...

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NASA has dropped the probability of an impact from asteroid 2024 YR4 — at first to 1 in 67, and now to 1 in 360. NASA announced the first reduced impact risk on its X feed at around 5:00 p.m ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken its final look at the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4, at least until the potentially hazardous space rock darkens Earth's cosmic doorstep again ...

The odds that a potentially destructive asteroid will collide with Earth in 2032 have increased once again, NASA says, but the chance of an actual impact is still quite slim.

N ASA has raised the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth to 3.1%, according to newly published data released on Tuesday. This marks an increase from previous estimates and signifies the ...

"Observations made overnight on Feb. 19-20 of asteroid 2024 YR4 have further decreased its chance of Earth impact on Dec. 22, 2032, to 0.3%," said a blog post from NASA on Thursday.

The odds that a potentially destructive asteroid will collide with Earth in 2032 have increased once again, NASA says, but the chance of an actual impact is still quite slim.

Although the chances of the asteroid colliding with Earth are slim, 2024 YR4 rates a 3 out of 10 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, a method for astronomers to categorize and rate the threat of ...

An asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, possibly making impact in 2032. In the unlikely event that Asteroid 2024 YR does strike Earth, it would generate an explosion equal to nearly 8 ...

The chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth in 2032 went up, then went up some more — and then went back down again.. Asteroid 2024 YR4, estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, initially ...