The latest calculations show that the asteroid known as "2024 YR4" has an increased chance of striking our planet in Dec.
Astronomers have raised the likelihood of “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth to 2.3 per cent, or roughly one in 43.
Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet ... Andrews has written a book about the science of planetary defense, and has written ...
2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 last year through the ATLAS telescope in Chile. The probability of this asteroid colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, has been calculated to be 1.2%.