The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...
NASA announced Monday that the asteroid, named 2024 YR 4, no longer poses a “significant threat” to Earth in 2032 or beyond. ...
The asteroid, which was first reported in December 2024 and is large enough to destroy an entire city, was initially ...
The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
NASA said Wednesday that new data collected overnight cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. The ...
The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...
While the asteroid's possibly collision with earth wouldn't be until 2032, there's been a lot of talk about the possibility ...
NASA has all but ruled out asteroid 2024 YR4 as a danger to Earth, reducing its impact probability to just 0.004% in 2032.
NASA announces asteroid 2024 YR4, once a concern for a 2032 impact, now poses no threat to Earth.
The odds that the space rock, 2024 YR4, will smash into our planet in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, leading astronomers to conclude that we are no longer in danger.