A newly discovered near-Earth asteroid called 2024 YR4 is one possibly perilous object: It’s a 130 to 300-foot long rock that could impact somewhere on Earth on December 22, 2032. To be clear ...

Last week, NASA and the ESA agreed the probability of an asteroid strike was closer to 2%. "However," NASA reported, "on Wednesday, Feb. 19, new data collected overnight reduced the impact ...

The space agency said there is currently a 1.7 percent chance the asteroid could “impact” the Moon on Dec. 22, 2032. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will continue to examine the asteroid ...

This image made available by University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system, shows an arrow where asteroid 2024 YR4 would be, Dec. 27, 2024. (ATLAS / University of Hawaii / NASA via AP ...

The new data is in. "NASA has significantly lowered the risk of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 as an impact threat to Earth for the foreseeable future," the space agency said in an update on Feb. 24.

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 ...

This image made available by University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system shows the motion of ... [+] asteroid 2024 YR4 over about one hour, Dec. 27, 2024. (ATLAS / University of Hawaii ...

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 ...

NASA had it down to 0.0027% — meaning the asteroid will safely pass Earth in 2032 and there’s no threat of impact for the next century. Paul Chodas, who heads NASA’s Center for Near Earth ...

On the slim chance the asteroid does strike Earth in 2032, its impacts would be localized. But 2024 YR4 has nonetheless received a Level 3 rating, out of 10, on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, which ...