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Asteroid YR4 impact odds plummet as NASA changes threat level of 'city-killer'
NASA has been changing the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in recent days, but the latest shift significantly ...
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Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise. Here’s Why It Keeps Changing
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...
2024 YR4 FAQs: How big is the asteroid? Could we use a spacecraft similar to DART? Here's all
YR4, detected by the ATLAS system in January 2025, has a slim chance of impacting Earth in December 2032. Continued observations will refine its orbital path. A potential airburst could cause minor to ...
UVA Today20h
UVA Astronomer Weighs In on ‘City Killer’ Asteroid and Earth’s Defenses
A stronomers detected a 40-to-80-meter asteroid, dubbed a “city killer,” with the potential to collide with Earth in 2032, ...
MIT professor tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, says probability of collision will "bounce around"
Dr. Richard Binzel is a leading astronomer and professor at MIT. Binzel and his team have been tracking asteroid 2024 YR4 for ...