Scientists have nearly ruled out any threat from Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was previously believed to have a 3.1 per cent chance of hitting Earth. NASA had previously warned there was a small ...

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 ...

2024, scientists calculated that it had more than a 1 percent chance of striking Earth — the only large asteroid known to have an impact probability so big. As scientists studied more data on ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is estimated to be around 130-300 feet wide, according to NASA, and would strike on Dec. 22, 2032 on the slim chances that it does impact Earth. According to NASA's Jet ...

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 asteroid, called 2024 YR4, was discovered in December. It is estimated to be 40-90 meters (130 to 300 feet) wide, which means it has the potential to devastate a city. The impact date would ...

In late December of 2024, um, *** NASA funded near Earth asteroid survey, the one that, you know, I operate called Atlas, uh, discovered an asteroid that as it came by the Earth, uh, this time ...