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Oregonian · 28m

The odds of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting earth just changed again. This time for the better

Thursday morning, NASA announced that the odds of impact have been reduced to .28%. Those odds had been as high as 3.1%, the highest risk level ever recorded for a near-Earth object. Scientists reduced the probability of a threat to Earth overnight on Thursday after additional observations of the asteroid.

Why do Asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of hitting Earth keep shifting? NASA explains

While the asteroid's possibly collision with earth wouldn't be until 2032, there's been a lot of talk about the possibility in recent weeks.

The Verge · 2h

Phew! The risk of that asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 has significantly lowered

The European Space Agency says there’s now just a 0.16 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will impact our planet.

ExtremeTech on MSN2h

NASA Has Changed the Probability Asteroid YR4 2024 Will Hit Earth—Yet Again

For several years, astronomers have been aware of a much-ballyhooed “city-killer” asteroid named YR4 2024, which is hurtling ...

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2024 YR4 FAQs: How big is the asteroid? Could we use a spacecraft similar to DART? Here's all

YR4, detected by the ATLAS system in January 2025, has a slim chance of impacting Earth in December 2032. Continued ...

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MIT professor tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, says probability of collision will "bounce around"

Dr. Richard Binzel is a leading astronomer and professor at MIT. Binzel and his team have been tracking asteroid 2024 YR4 for ...

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