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The asteroid Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small potential of entering the earth's atmosphere on December 22, 2032 and scientists ...

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The 2024 YR4 was spotted on December 27, 2024, by the Atlas Telescope in Chile. Reportedly, the space rock is around 40 to ...

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The potential impact would occur on Dec. 22, 2032. It’s much too soon to know where it might land if it did hit Earth.

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

That's good news for scientists and NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing ...