The odds go up and down for specific asteroids: Researchers recently upgraded one named 2024 YR4 from ... that receives an average of 35 to 45 thunderstorm days per year. Chances: Almost none.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1 in 360 chance of hitting Earth at the time of writing. | Credit: Dottedhippo via Getty Images NASA has downgraded the threat level of potential city-killer asteroid 2024 YR4.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential risk to the Moon, with a 1.7% chance of collision despite Earth now being safe. If it impacts, it could form a large crater and create meteoroids, affecting ...

NASA and ESA are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially had a higher collision probability with Earth than the Apophis asteroid. New data has since lowered the impact risk to 1.5% ...

position of asteroid 20204 YR4 on Dec. 22, 2032. This graphic was prepared by the team at the Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre at ESA’s ESRIN establishment near Rome. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is ...

At the time, the odds of a small asteroid first discovered late last year—and designated 2024 YR4—hitting us were non-negligible. There was an estimated 3.2 percent chance that the large rock ...

The probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in the near future has leapt from having a near-zero chance of occurring to having roughly a 3 percent chance. While that may not seem like a ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been downgraded to Level 0 on the ... with one AU being the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. The Moon will get a closer look, as it zips by at a distance ...

The possibility of “city-killing” asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth has doubled within ... “An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe ...

The risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid hitting Earth at the end of 2032 has increased again, according to NASA data. Latest calculations have shown a 3.1% chance of the space rock making impact in just ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, a large space rock continues to be in the spotlight since being discovered in December last year. Earlier this week, scientists increased the chances of the asteroid striking ...