Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of …
2 days ago · A newly discovered asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in December of 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be 196 feet (60 meters) wide, and it is …
Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
1 day ago · First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to 330 feet (40 to 100 meters) across. Scientists are …
Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike Earth, Researchers Say, But the …
22 hours ago · A more accurate estimate could be made using radar, but that won’t be possible until the asteroid makes another close, but perfectly safe, pass by Earth on Dec. 17, 2028.
'City-killer' asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of smashing into Earth …
1 day ago · The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, was detected by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System on Dec. 27, 2024. According to researchers , it has about a 1-in-83 chance …
NASA Shares Observations of Recently-Identified Near Earth Asteroid
1 day ago · NASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 – which also means there is about a …
Asteroid has one in 83 chance of hitting earth in 2032: …
1 day ago · In other words, there is a “98.8 per cent chance the asteroid will miss the Earth,” according to CNEOS. By 2039, per calculations by CNEOS, the odds of impact decrease to 1 …
Newly Discovered Asteroid Has a 1.2 Percent Earth Impact Risk
An asteroid the size of a hockey pitch that was first spotted by NASA researchers on Christmas Day has a one-in-83 risk of slamming into Earth in late 2032. The 196-foot space rock is 27 …
NASA discovers asteroid with small chance of hitting Earth in …
23 hours ago · The asteroid came closest to Earth on Christmas Day — passing within roughly 500,000 miles (800,000 kilometers) of Earth, about twice the distance of the moon. It was …
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has non-zero odds of hitting Earth
2 days ago · Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 swept into the view of the ATLAS asteroid impact early warning system – with telescopes in Hawaii, Chile …
New Asteroid Tops NASA's Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of
1 day ago · The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking Earth in just seven years.