YR4 has a very small chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032- but one that has increased slightly since it was first spotted. The latest impact probability is available on the automated Sentry page ...

The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does ...

New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...

New calculations indicate that the asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is now much less likely to hit Earth than earlier measurements ...

The images in the animation were captured by an ATLAS telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, on Christmas Day 2024, when the asteroid had “a close approach with Earth,” becoming bright enough to be ...

2024 YR4's trajectory needs to be refined. (Artist's impression of an asteroid. Elements of this ... [+] image furnished by NASA). Feb 7, 2024: the size of 2024 YR4 was mistakenly said to be the ...

asteroid 2024 YR4 in data from the Catalina Sky Survey, meaning he was able to find images of the space rock in archival data that was gathered prior to its official discovery. Space.com reached ...

discovered the existence of an asteroid known as 2024 YR4. That ATLAS should discover an asteroid is no surprise—there are millions of them in our cosmic neck of the woods alone. However ...

Jonathan O'Callaghan, a journalist who won British Science Journalist of the Year at the 2024 ABSW Awards, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the impact of the asteroid could be "1,000 times more ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and other agencies are studying a large asteroid that was discovered in 2024. While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven ...

Until 2024 YR 4, no asteroid has reached class 3 since then. This also means that the asteroid is not only of interest to astronomers, but also deserves attention from the public and official bodies.

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4 and measuring 100m by 40m, is currently at a distance of around 27 million miles and is edging away. However, its path will cross our orbit on 22 December 2032 and ...