Asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring 130 to 300 feet wide, currently has a 1.5% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. The odds of impact have decreased from initial estimates, and NASA expects them to ...

While YR4's impact odds have unseated Apophis, the larger asteroid still briefly hit a higher rating of 4 on the Torino Scale. A radar observation campaign in March 2021 during a distant flyby ...

Initially, an asteroid’s projected path is a wide “uncertainty region ... Apophis once reached Level 4 before astronomers ruled out its threat in 2021. Richard Binzel, who created the Torino Scale, ...

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NASA has upgraded the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 3.1 per cent, or about a 1-in-32 chance, the highest odds yet of collision. Astronomers discovered that the asteroid was ...

But scientists revised that assessment after a precise analysis of the asteroid’s orbit in 2021. And scientists are expecting similar forecasting trends with 2024 YR4, which currently sits at a ...

Today, February 18, 2025, a large asteroid, 2025 CA2, will pass by Earth at an incredible speed of 16,490 miles per hour. This massive space rock, about 67 feet across, is making headlines as it ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 continues to keep us on our toes as astronomers work to determine its potential threat to our planet. The latest update is good news because, according to NASA, the chances of a 2032 ...

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NASA has alerted the public about asteroid 2025 CA2, measuring 67 feet and traveling at 16,490 mph, expected to pass Earth on February 18, 2025. Although it will fly by without the risk of ...

For example, the asteroid Apophis was considered one of the most hazardous asteroids when it was discovered in 2004, with the potential to strike Earth in 2029. In 2021, scientists revised their ...