A few weeks ago, Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines for being surprisingly likely to hit Earth in the next several ... never had more than a 3% chance of hitting us. NASA Will Test Planet Defense ...

In January, the probability of this asteroid hitting Earth surpassed one percent, which triggered a series of international responses. The International Asteroid Warning Network coordinates ...

However, thanks to newer data the odds have dropped to nearly zero. Credit: ESO/O. Hainaut For a brief moment, it looked like asteroid 2024 YR4 had a real shot at hitting Earth in 2032. With its ...

NASA gave the all-clear Monday on an asteroid that previously had a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032. The asteroid was first discovered in late 2024 and reported when it surpassed the 1% ...

NASA gave the all-clear Monday on an asteroid that previously had a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032. While its odds had briefly risen to a record high of 3.1%, they have now dropped to near ...

The probability of the asteroid hitting Earth has fluctuated over the past few weeks Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work ...

The potential risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 dropped to nearly zero following new observations that helped better predict the asteroid's trajectory. Measuring about 131 to 295 ...

What’s significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Since its discovery, the asteroid’s probability of an impact with our planet has gone ...

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An asteroid between 130 and 300 feet wide has a slight chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — but the precise odds have been a moving target since the space rock was first detected nearly two months ...