YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the ...
However, observations made of the asteroid on February 19-20 have further decreased its chance of Earth impact to 0.28%.
YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see ...
New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to ...
Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.
An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on ...
Even in the increasingly unlikely event of an impact from YR4, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest appear to be safe from impact ...
The likelihood of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth keeps shifting, according to scientists. The object — which is large ...
YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but as astronomers make more observations about its trajectory, the odds of ...
New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...
An asteroid named 2024 YR4, measuring between 40 to 90 metres wide, has drawn global attention due to its fluctuating ...