The asteroid, Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was first spotted by telescopes on Dec. 27, now has a 0.004 percent chance of hitting the planet and is “expected to safely pass by Earth in 2032,” NASA said in aMonday update. The asteroid previously had a “very small, but notable chance” o...
"But despite the very few observations, it was nonetheless able to predict that the asteroid would make an extraordinarily close approach with Earth,” Farnocchia said in a statement. “In fact, this is one of the closest approaches by a known near-Earth object ever recorded.” Discovered ...
Asteroid 2024 RW1 discovered hours before Earth impactHawley, WayneMiles, RichardJournal of the British Astronomical Association
Any risk to Earth from this small asteroid has almost been eliminated, but there's still a chance it could hit the Moon in 2032!The latest telescopic observations have reduced the danger posed by 2024 YR4 to near-zero. A small space rock ...
astronomers around the globe observed the Earth-bound object and pinpointed its ‘impact corridor’ over the Channel with a trajectory going from west to east. The object continued to be observed until just ten minutes before impact, only five minutes before it fell into Earth’s shadow becom...
the Earth," NASA said.The Moon, however, could be in 2024 YR4 asteroid's path. NASA's latest numbers show there's a 1.7% probability that it could impact the Moon.The asteroid was first spotted on Dec. 27, 2024, by the El Sauce Observatory in Chile. Based on its brightness, ...
The Earth Impact Risk Summary for 2024 YR4, with data up to February 20, 2025, has significantly reduced the danger from this asteroid. (NASA CNEOS) As a result, its odds of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032 have dropped — first ...
The world’s space agencies have reduced the chances ofasteroid 2024 YR4impacting Earth to below 1 per cent, which strongly suggests that a potentially devastating collision will be avoided. However, the asteroid will still probably pass extraordinarily near to our planet, givin...
Data shows the asteroid is the most threatening to Earth in modern forecasting and would cause "severe damage" to a region if it makes impact - while scientists have just a few more weeks to observe the asteroid before it disappears from view until 2028.
(AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is still quite slim. New calculations suggest there’s a 2% chance the space rock 2024 Y...