Asteroid Impact Event

NASA monitors asteroid 2024 YR4 risk

NASA massively lowers impact risk of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 to 1 in 360

Don't worry. Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 99.72% chance of missing Earth in 2032. If you've been worrying about reports of a possible asteroid impact in 2032, we have very good news. NASA has dropped the probability of an impact from asteroid 2024 YR4 — at first to 1 in 67, and now to 1 in 360.

Wired · 8h

The Odds of a City-Killing Asteroid Hitting Earth Keep Rising

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start worrying?

New York Post on MSN · 7h

NASA lowers impact risk of ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 — but we’re not out of the woods

However, we’re not totally out of the woods just yet. YR4 still sits at a level three on the Torino Scale — a standard rubric for the danger of NEOs (Near Earth Objects) that measure over 65 feet in diameter and have a 1% or greater chance of deep impact.

News Nation on MSN11h

Don’t lose sleep over asteroid impact odds: Planetary scientist

NASA has been revising the odds of an asteroid hitting the Earth in 2032, with recent estimates increasing the chance to 3.1 ...

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 ...

What to know about the asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032

We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...

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Is there an asteroid heading towards Earth? Where will it hit? What to know about the 2024 YR4 asteroid

According to NASA, there is no chance that it might impact Earth during that passage. The 2028 close approach may be too distant for radar to detect the asteroid. Where will asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

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