Odds of 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 fall once again, now to 0.28%, NASA says
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth have fallen once again, now to 0.28%, NASA announced on Thursday.
An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
That killer asteroid probably isn’t going to hit us after all
With the new observations, NASA has warned that there is around a 1% chance that the asteroid could impact the moon. That ...
Why NASA keeps changing the probability of an asteroid impacting Earth in 2032
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth — but scientists are ready for future threats
Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.
An asteroid could collide with Earth: What could happen, and should we worry?
An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...