YR4's impact chance is now 0.002% and has been downgraded to Torino Scale Level 0, posing no threat to Earth, after recent ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to observe the asteroid in March and May 2025 under the directors discretionary ...

22, 2032. NASA on Feb. 24 said, "There is no significant potential for this asteroid to impact our planet for the next century." The asteroid 2024 YR4 is now rated at Level 0 out of 10 on the ...

The narrow difference is due to the two agencies’ use of different tools for determining the asteroid’s orbit and modeling its potential impact. But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance ...

That’s a 1 in 59,000 possibility of impact, meaning there is a 99.9983% chance that the asteroid will safely zip by Earth in seven years, according to NASA. The agency also shared that the new ...

However, if it impacts the Earth, the asteroid will create a good-sized crater and kill anyone unlucky enough to be in the vicinity of the impact zone. The explosive force would be the equivalent ...

"There is no significant potential for this asteroid to impact our planet for the next century," the space agency added in a blog post. The European Space Agency shared a similar risk assessment ...

By Robin George Andrews Astronomers on Tuesday said that the asteroid designated 2024 YR4 had become the most likely sizable space rock ever forecast to impact planet Earth. The object ...

As wide as The Eiffel Tower is tall, the asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous object, ranked third on the Sentry list of potential future Earth impact events. There’s a chance—albeit ...

If you've been worrying about reports of a possible asteroid impact in 2032, we have very good news. NASA has dropped the probability of an impact from asteroid 2024 YR4 — at first to 1 in 67 ...

The recently discovered, much-hyped Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has almost zero chance of hitting Earth in 2032, according to the latest astronomical observations. After the probability of impact peaked ...