So we're all hoping that doesn't happen." Dubbed 2024 YR4, the asteroid was first spotted on December 27, 2024, by the El Sauce Observatory in Chile. Based on its brightness, astronomers estimate ...

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That’s a 1 in 59,000 possibility of impact, meaning there is a 99.9983% chance that the asteroid will safely zip ... of a collision is zero, or is so low as to be effectively zero.

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking Earth are almost zero after earlier data had indicated a higher risk of a ...

That is when the asteroid is passing, really, through a part of the orbit of the Earth. So, it's really going through the path of Earth, so to speak. And the question is, whether Earth will be ...

As more data is collected, the uncertainty about an asteroid’s trajectory is reduced, so scientists can more accurately predict its orbit and whether it threatens Earth. With asteroids ...

which is unusual for a small asteroid that is only 130 to 300 feet wide. By Wednesday, that impact assessment dropped to 1.5%. “But the impact probability remains small, so people should not ...

But after further research, scientists have determined the asteroid now only at a 0.001% chance. Johnson says the Earth is in a region of uncertainty, so there was initially a chance of the ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years are now so low, they may as well be zero. The space rock between 130 and 300 feet long has caused quite a stir since ...

So we're all hoping that doesn't happen." In order to gain a greater understanding of the asteroid and better prepare for whatever is to come, astronomers will use the Webb Telescope to collect ...

which is unusual for a small asteroid that is only 130 to 300 feet wide. By Wednesday, that impact assessment dropped to 1.5%. "But the impact probability remains small, so people should not ...