4 days ago · 2024 YR4 was first reported to the Minor Planet Center – the international clearing house for small body positional measurements – by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile on January 27, 2025. ATLAS comprises several telescopes around the world and is managed by the University of Hawaii’s Institute ...

Feb 1, 2025 · NASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a small chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. ... Asteroid 2024 YR4 is most likely in the range of 40 to 90 meters (130 to 300 feet) in size. This estimate is based measurements of the asteroid’s brightness. The size cannot be further constrained without ...

4 days ago · While still an extremely low possibility, additional observations and analysis of asteroid 2024 YR4 indicate that its impact probability with Earth has increased to a 2.3% chance on Dec. 22, 2032. Ongoing observations from ground-based telescopes involved with the International Asteroid Warning Network will continue while the asteroid is still visible through …

2024 YR 4 is an asteroid estimated to be 40 to 90 metres (130 to 300 ft) in diameter that is classified as an Apollo-type (Earth-crossing) near-Earth object.It was discovered by the Chilean station of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on 27 December 2024. [2] [1] As of 10 February 2025, 2024 YR 4 was rated as a 3 on the Torino scale, with a 1-in-48 …

10 hours ago · Scientists estimate that an asteroid called 2024 YR4 has a 2.3 per cent (up from 1 per cent) chance of striking Earth in December 2032.

Jan 29, 2025 · NASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 – which also means there is about a 99% chance this asteroid will not impact.

1 day ago · The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers. The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4 ...

2 days ago · Why is asteroid 2024 YR4 important? Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on 27 December 2024. As of 10 February 2025, it has an approximately 98% chance of safely passing Earth on 22 December 2032. Astronomers are working to reduce our uncertainty about the asteroid’s orbit and rule out any impact risk, but it will fade from view from Earth in a few …

5 days ago · NASA scientists have just spotted a hunk of space rock that could smack into Earth in 2032. And while it's unlikely to wipe out humanity, it could take out a city. The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4,...

Jan 29, 2025 · Asteroid 2024 YR4 has an almost 99% chance of safely passing Earth on 22 December 2032, but a possible impact cannot yet be entirely ruled out. The asteroid is estimated to be between 40 m and 100 m wide. It is too early to determine where exactly on Earth a potential impact could occur.