NASA has revised the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, reducing it to 0.28%. There are ...
YR4 could strike Earth in 2032. Its size ranges from 40 to 90 meters. The asteroid could cause significant damage, especially ...
open image in gallery Nasa's DART mission in 2022 proved that Earth has the technology to redirect Asteroid 2024 YR4 before ...
NASA has confirmed a 2.3% chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could collide with Earth in December 2032, posing a significant riskThe asteroid, measuring between 40 to 100 metres wide, could potentially ...
However, we can be certain that the velocity when the object approaches Earth in December 2032 will be about 17.3 km/s which is equivalent to 62,500 km/h." The figures convert to about 10.7 miles ...
Space agencies estimate that there's about a 2% chance that the asteroid will hit Earth in December 2032. But as astronomers continue to track the asteroid and refine their calculations ...
first spotted 2024 YR4 and a month later scientists concluded there was a more than 1% chance the asteroid would crash into Earth in December 2032. When scientists first reported their findings in ...
Astronomers are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which once had the highest recorded impact probability for its size.