Scientists have also considered spray painting one side of the asteroid white, increasing its reflectiveness so it slowly changes trajectory. These subtler strategies would require reaching the ...
It fell to level 1 (green, “normal”) on Feb. 20 and has now been labeled level 0 (white, “no hazard”). “Asteroid 2024 YR4 has now been reassigned to Torino Scale Level Zero as additional ...
Scientists have also considered spray painting one side of the asteroid white, increasing its reflectiveness so it slowly changes trajectory. These subtler strategies would require reaching the ...