Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant threat to Earth in 2032, NASA's latest analysis determines
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's latest calculations. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies previously projected a 3% chance of the asteroid striking our planet before lowering the chance to 0.28% last week.
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The odds of a strike will almost certainly continue to fluctuate as the asteroid’s path around the sun is better understood.
The proclamations from the two agencies came after an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4, discovered in December, had scientists ...
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