Risks of the massive space rock — which falls into the "city killer" category — actually making impacthave fluctuatedsince it was first discovered last December. Called 2024 YR4, the near-Earth asteroid initially carried a 1% chance of hitting land when NASA and the European Space Agency fir...
" NASA said in its latest analysis.The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, according to the space agency
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 under eight years. It is a significant change since the European Space Agency (ESA)estimated...
On Jan. 27, the asteroid surpassed a 1 percent chance of hitting Earth, an “important threshold,” according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “Currently, no other known large asteroids have an impact probability above 1%,” NASA said in apress release. On Feb. 7, the asteroid’s ch...
Newly Spotted Asteroid Has a Tiny Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032 More Uncredited FILE - This May 18, 1969 photo provided by NASA shows Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the moon. (NASA ...
According to CNN, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies recently stated that an asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. (CNN) ...
One astronomer, David Rankin, said in a post on social media that the odds of 2024 YR4 hitting earth “have slightly increased to 1 in 83.” Rankin is an engineer at the Catalina Sky Survey, a NASA-funded project based at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. ...
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the planet, according to NASA’s latest analysis. The asteroid, Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was first spotted by telescopes on Dec. 27,
Called 2024 YR4, the near-Earth asteroid initially carried a 1% chance of hitting land when NASA and the European Space Agency first announced its existence last month. Protocols require the agencies to formally notify the public when the odds of an asteroid strike reach that 1% threshold,...
A recently discovered asteroid, named2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. On Tuesday, NASA calculated that the space rock had a3.1% chanceof hitting Earth in 2032, while the European Space Agency’s risk assessment sits at2.8%. ...