2024 YR4's trajectory needs to be refined. (Artist's impression of an asteroid. Elements of this ... [+] image furnished by NASA). Feb 7, 2024: the size of 2024 YR4 was mistakenly said to be the ...

The odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 have increased to 1 in 43. Despite this, you still shouldn't worry about the potential impact of this asteroid. That's because experts ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is about half the width of a football field and will pass very close to Earth on December 22, 2032, coming within approximately 106,200 km Asteroid 2024 YR4, a near-Earth object ...

Scientists are closely watching a newly discovered asteroid — 2024 YR4 — whose chances of hitting Earth just before Christmas in 2032 are rising. The asteroid 2024 YR4 was first spotted by the ...

Based on projections, the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a little more than one per cent chance of impact with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. But that doesn’t mean you should panic — at least not yet ...

If it did strike Earth, 2024 YR4 would cause “severe blast damage,” according to IAWN, spanning as far as 50 kilometres from the impact site. For now, YR4 has been given a Level 3 rating out ...

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 ...

Dubbed 2024 YR4, the object—somewhere between 40 and 100 meters in size—was spotted on December 27. The asteroid’s closest approach to Earth, it turned out, had been two days earlier ...

The probability that the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, may impact Earth on 22 December 2032 is currently estimated to be 1.3%. Dr Robert Massey of the Royal Astronomical Society, says that he is "not ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 have increased to 1 in 43. Despite this ...

But experts stress the event is not cause for alarm. Known as "2024 Yr4," the asteroid is estimated to be about 130 feet wide and is expected to swing close to Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Previous ...

NASA’s initial analysis of the newly identified asteroid, 2024 YR4, estimated to be between 40 and 100 metres wide, indicated it has a more than a one per cent chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 ...