4 days ago · NASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 – which also means there is about a 99% chance this asteroid will not impact. Such initial analysis will change over time as more observations are gathered. ... Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first reported on Dec. 27 ...

Jan 27, 2025 · 2024 YR 4 is an asteroid between 40 and 100 metres (130 and 330 ft) in diameter, classified as an Apollo-type (Earth-crossing) near-Earth object.It was discovered by the Chilean station of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on 27 December 2024. [2] [1] As of 2 February 2025, 2024 YR 4 was rated 3 on the Torino scale with a 1 in 71 (1.4%) chance of impacting Earth on 22 ...

15 hours ago · Astronomers from NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile used automated warning systems to learn that this object has about a 1.2% probability of a collision. Independent calculations by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies match these findings, which helps confirm the current hazard level.

3 days ago · A large asteroid could pass close enough to Earth within the next decade that there's a chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA. The space rock, named 2024 YR4, is between 130 feet ...

2 days ago · Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 1.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, ... NASA carried out the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, called the DART mission, in September 2022 to ...

4 days ago · This result is consistent with independent estimates made by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies and NEODyS. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now rated at Level 3 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale: a close encounter that warrants attention from astronomers and the public. It is important to remember that an asteroid’s impact probability often ...

3 days ago · Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, NASA reports. Astronomers all over the world are watching the asteroid, trying to narrow down its future path.

6 days ago · Asteroid 2024 YR4, currently the talk of the internet, has a greater than 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. ... At the moment, the impact probability is a mere 1.3% as calculated by NASA JPL ...

3 days ago · The asteroid’s closest approach to Earth, it turned out, had been two days earlier, when YR4 was about 800,000 kilometers from our planet, roughly twice as far away as the moon.

4 days ago · An artist’s impression of an asteroid. Newly discovered 2024 YR4 has an almost 99 percent chance of safely passing Earth in 2032. ... at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, is home ...