NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which had a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032.
Initially, the odds of a collision in 2032 were as high as 3 percent, making it a top concern on global asteroid risk lists.
The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...
The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 ...
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the ...
At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
There’s still a 1.7 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA.
NASA announced Wednesday that the odds of the up to 300-foot-wide asteroid hitting Earth dropped from record highs. See where ...
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...
NASA said Wednesday that new data collected overnight cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. The ...
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