Scientists are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly discovered spacerock that could pose a potential threat to Earth ...

The latest calculations show that the asteroid known as "2024 YR4" has an increased chance of striking our planet in Dec.

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Astronomers have raised the likelihood of “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth to 2.3 per cent, or roughly one in 43.

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with ...

ESA-Science Office Astronomers have made a startling ... more data to determine the exact path of the object. Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid was discovered on December 27, 2024 by the Asteroid ...

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%.

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 ...

The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, was detected by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System on Dec. 27, 2024. According to researchers , it has about a 1-in-83 chance of impacting our ...