Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis, after new telescope observations ruled out any chance of it hitting Earth in 2068. It's way too soon to fret over this asteroid, according to the experts.
NASA makes 'emergency preparation' over asteroid that has chance of hitting Earth in next seven years
However, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3 percent chance of colliding with Earth in seven years' time, and its estimated width of 90m means it is roughly the size of Big Ben. The celestial body has been closely monitored by NASA since its December 2024 discovery.
This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade.
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Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attentionThe risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
US President Donald Trump has been criticised for having his head in space, making friends with those who want to conquer other planets, and possessing an ego the size of a meteor ...
YR4 which could be capable of wiping out an entire city according to scientists has now had its odds of hitting Earth ...
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