YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

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The odds of a strike will almost certainly continue to go up and down as the asteroid’s path around the sun is better ...

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YRF’ – discovered by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ALERT) in Chile on December 27, 2024, is ...

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Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

That’s the day an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 may strike our planet. Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an impact terribly likely.