Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.
Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...
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This asteroid might not hit Earth in 2032 after all—here’s how we know
A telescope in Chile—part of one such NASA-funded facility, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)—discovered 2024 YR4, on December 27 last year. Once an observatory first ...
Should giant asteroid head for Earth, Hawaii is first line of defense
The asteroid, 2024 YR4, was detected by UH’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and given a 3% probability ...
Humanity isn’t asteroid-proof yet. But we’re getting closer.
Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...
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New NASA imagery shows large asteroid that could impact Earth in 2032
The animation, provided by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), shows the path of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid — named 2024 YR4 — having a more than 1% ...
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Asteroid YR4 Could Hit Earth in 2032 - Astronomers Will Use JWST to Find Out
On December 27, 2024, astronomers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile discovered a previously unseen asteroid on a potential collision course with Earth.
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‘City Killer’ Asteroid Suddenly Declared Safe — What To Know
2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27, 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Chile. Initially, it was thought that the diameter would be approximately 130 to 300 feet (40 to ...
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Earth in the clear from Asteroid 2024 YR4 strike in 2032 after impact chances drop to nearly zero
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. Since its discovery, the asteroid gained global attention ...
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Asteroid hurtling toward Earth? Odds for impact increase once again
NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) first discovered the asteroid, named 2024 YR4, in December 2024, according to a blog post from the agency. The following month ...