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Asteroid 2024 YR4 strike risk now highest in recorded history
Concerns have been mounting over asteroid 2024 YR4, which has been labeled a "city-killer." Despite its ominous nickname, experts say the threat it poses to Earth remains very low. Before we rang ...
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NASA reduces likelihood of asteroid impacting earth to 1.5%
Feb. 20 (UPI) --NASA said that new data cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. In a blog post on Wednesday, NASA said it expects the impact probability "to continue to ...
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NASA releases new details on ‘city-killer’ asteroid — and the moon may be at risk of being struck
MetaBallStudios / SWNS This handout picture provided by NASA on January 31, 2025 shows asteroid 2024 YR4 as observed by the Magdalena Ridge telescope at the New Mexico Institute of Technology on ...
Ars Technica1mon
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is going to miss Earth, but the story doesn’t end there
We're more modest than that here at Ars, although we wouldn't turn away some new subscribers. In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were ...
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Watch asteroid 2024 YR4 zoom harmlessly through space after risk of hitting Earth falls to near zero (video)
The potential risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 dropped to nearly zero following new observations that helped better predict the asteroid's trajectory. Measuring about 131 to 295 ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer a threat, new data confirms
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) scientists have officially ruled out the possibility of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth ... "With the deployment of new asteroid survey technologies, ...
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Earth in the clear from Asteroid 2024 YR4 strike in 2032 after impact chances drop to nearly zero
Earthlings can keep their plans seven years from now after scientists have officially declared Asteroid 2024 YR4 is not a threat ... since late December. Each new observation was added to orbit ...
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Why Earth’s now SAVED from city-killer asteroid YR4: Expert reveals how odds FLIPPED from 1-in-32 to ‘Threat 0’ in days
NASA has repeatedly changed estimates on whether a huge Big Ben-sized asteroid first spotted last year will crash into Earth - and now an expert has revealed the reason why. The world breathed a ...
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Asteroid with chance to hit Earth downgraded to level zero threat
TEMPLE, Texas — Good news for all earthlings, our home planet is likely in the clear after an asteroid was recently identified as a possible threat of hitting Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is ...
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Nasa issues huge update on ‘city-killer’ asteroid YR4 – with chances of space rock smashing Earth changing drastically
However, the new, much lower chance of collision means YR4 slides back down to level zero. Any event with a less than 1-in-1000 chance of occurring falls within this band. "That's impact ...
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Scientists (mostly) rule out this newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth in the next decade
After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat from the asteroid 2024 YR4, NASA and the European Space Agency said Tuesday. At one point, the odds of a strike ...
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Earth is in the clear: Asteroid 2024 YR4 impact chances drop to nearly zero
Asteroid 2024 YR4 seen on Jan. 27, 2025 by the Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope. (NASA/Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope/New Mexico Institute of Technology/Ryan) Each new observation was added to orbit ...