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Chance asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth down to 0.001 percent, ESA says

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday.

CNN · 12d

The riskiest asteroid on record now has near-zero chance of hitting Earth

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of colliding with Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, thanks to new observations of the space rock.

KCEN-TV · 11d

Asteroid with chance to hit Earth downgraded to level zero threat

YR4 was recently upgraded to a level three threat on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, but its chances of impact are now nearly zero.

Moneycontrol · 10d

'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth, says ESA

YR4, once considered a potential threat to Earth, is now unlikely to hit in 2032, as new data and observations significantly reduce the impact risk, easing fears of a massive asteroid impact.

BBC · 2d

Could an asteroid hit the earth in 2032?

BBC science and climate reporter Georgina Rannard talks us through all the details of Asteroid 2024 YR4, and gives a quick history of how we’ve managed asteroids in the past. Email: whatintheworld@bbc.

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Could Earth Be Hit by a Killer Asteroid? What NASA’s Defense Plan Looks Like

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Asteroid 2024 YR4: NASA Significantly Reduces Impact Risk

Good news for those concerned about reports of a potential asteroid impact in 2032: NASA has dramatically lowered the ...

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See ESA Hera Spacecraft's Trajectory To The Didymos Asteroid System

ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European Space Agency ...

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Asteroid ‘2024 YR4’ likely won’t hit Earth in 2032, but the odds will continue to change

Future observations, potentially including those from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), aim to refine our understanding ...

Aviation Week Network9d

ESA Cancels Asteroid 2024 YR4 Threat Alert

Less than two months after asteroid 2024 YR4 shot to the top of the European Space Agency’s risk list of near-Earth objects, ...

New York Magazine12d

Congratulations, You Probably Won’t Be Killed by an Asteroid in 2032

No, or at least not because of the 2024 YR4 asteroid. There is now a .004 percent chance it will impact Earth. Here’s NASA’s explanation of why it’s no longer considered a threat (for at least the ...

Space on MSN10d

Watch the asteroid that had us all worried zoom harmlessly through space (video)

Observations from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope helped show that the expected trajectory of ...

From Danger to Dismissed: How Scientists Ruled Out This Asteroid Threat

For a brief moment, asteroid 2024 YR4 had scientists on edge, with its impact probability climbing as high as 2.8%—enough to capture global attention. But thanks to rapid observations and advanced ...

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Engineers install Orion solar array wings for Artemis II

Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA's Orion spacecraft for ...

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