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NASA increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, on Tuesday, but they're now back down to 1 ...

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Astronomers say the 2024 YR4 asteroid still has a 97% chance of missing Earth in 2032, but the now 3.1% chance it will hit ...

NASA issued a statement about a "city-killer" asteroid (2024 YR4) that they said has a 1.2% chance of slamming into Earth in ...

NASA has just increased the likelihood that the asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the Earth on December 22, 2032, to 3.1%.

NASA has increased the estimated probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth on December 22, 2032, to 3.1%, up from ...

The U.S. space agency said the probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 has grown to 3.1%, or a 1-in-32 chance. Earlier in January, NASA had put the chance of the asteroid impacting ...

An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on ...

The YR4 spans 100 meters and its impact would be comparable to eight million tons of dynamite.