The threat of Asteroid 2024 YR4 has not gone away just yet. The near-Earth object was discovered in December and calculations ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth have risen, with astronomers increasing the odds from 1.3% to 2.3% that it will strike Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. The asteroid is thought to measure ...

The odds of a newly discovered asteroid '2024 YR4' crashing into Earth are rising according to scientists. Here's what to know and where it can hit.

Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, according to the European Space Agency. The risk assessment has increased from a chance of 1.2% over the ...

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss Earth. The new figure of 1-in-43 represents a 2.3% chance of a strike.

This handout picture provided by NASA on January 31, 2025 shows asteroid 2024 YR4 as observed by the Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope at the New Mexico Institute of Technology on January 27 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and other agencies are studying a large asteroid that was discovered in 2024. While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven ...

they now sit at 2.2 per cent, or a 1 in 45 chance of impact. The Earth Impact Risk Summary for 2024 YR4 shows a 2.2 per cent chance of impact on Dec. 22, 2032, along with five other close ...

Based on projections, the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a little more than one per ... an asteroid called Apophis was calculated to have a 2.7 per cent chance of hitting Earth in 2029, which ...