Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit ...
Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...
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As expected, the threat from Asteroid 2024 YR4 has essentially dropped to zero
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile a couple of days after Christmas. ATLAS is an early-warning system for smaller ...
Humanity isn’t asteroid-proof yet. But we’re getting closer.
Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...
Should giant asteroid head for Earth, Hawaii is first line of defense
The year 2028 will be the next opportunity to observe the asteroid as it returns to an observable distance for Earth-based ...
Odds of asteroid's impact keep going up — just as scientists expected
Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks can still be threatening, as the surprise 56-foot (17-meter) rock that ...
NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 not a threat to Earth. But the moon is still in the region of uncertainty
NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon ...
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Simple Science: Asteroid hurtling toward Earth changes course
“Serpent Mound is the largest serpent effigy built anywhere on the planet Earth,” O’Grady said. “Serpent Mound is built up on ...
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You can watch the ‘city-killer’ asteroid as it soars toward Earth
NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) spotted the asteroid on Dec. 27, 2024, just after YR4 had made a close approach to Earth on Dec. 25. The footage shows the asteroid ...
What are the chances an asteroid will impact Earth in 2032?
February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, ...
Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...
Scientists rule out impact of asteroid 2024 YR4
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) scientists have formally excluded the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding ...