Asteroid 2024 YR4 isn't the only asteroid due to fly nail-bitingly close to Earth

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Chances of a collision have been repeatedly revised upwards but have now started to fall – but it may still hit the Moon

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Where could the asteroid hit, does NASA have the ability to deviate it, and could Bruce Willis save us? MailOnline's Science and Technology Editor, Shivali Best, answers your questions.

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Asteroid 2024 YR4, about 180 feet (55 metres) wide, poses a notable yet manageable threat to Earth

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A scientist has explained why the impact risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 has risen and fallen

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The 2024 YR4 asteroid is being closely monitored with a 3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 - higher than any other in recorded history - with NASA scientists reportedly concerned about its trajectory

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The odds of an asteroid smashing into Earth in 2032 have just fallen

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Scientists say it could cause 'severe blast damage'

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Scientists are closely monitoring 2024 YR4 – and while it’s relatively small, it reminds us of the dangers lurking in spaceCarrie Nugent is an associate professor of computational physics and planetary science and author of Asteroid HuntersTwo days after Christmas, the Atlas sky survey team discovered a new rocky object in Earth’s astronomical neighbourhood. Atlas discovers near-Earth objects all the time: in 2024, the team discovered 167 of them. They also codiscovered comet Tsuchinshan–Atlas, which dazzled sky gazers last autumn. But this discovery was special: there’s a chance the 40-90 metre object, known as 2024 YR4, will hit Earth in 2032.In January, the impact probability was estimated to be just over 1%, then it was raised to 2.3% in early February. As of this week, the Nasa JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies has raised that to 3.1% – or about 1-in-32 chance of impact. Continue reading...

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Scientists are closely monitoring 2024 YR4 – and while it’s relatively small, it reminds us of the dangers lurking in spaceCarrie Nugent is an associate professor of computational physics and planetary science and author of Asteroid HuntersTwo days after Christmas, the Atlas sky survey team discovered a new rocky object in Earth’s astronomical neighbourhood. Atlas discovers near-Earth objects all the time: in 2024, the team discovered 167 of them. They also codiscovered comet Tsuchinshan–Atlas, which dazzled sky gazers last autumn. But this discovery was special: there’s a chance the 40-90 metre object, known as 2024 YR4, will hit Earth in 2032.In January, the impact probability was estimated to be just over 1%, then it was raised to 2.3% in early February. As of this week, the Nasa JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies has raised that to 3.1% – or about 1-in-32 chance of impact. Continue reading...

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There is now a 1-in-32 chance that the space rock will hit us in 2032 – with potentially disastrous consequences

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a one-in-32 chance of hitting Earth according to NASA scientists, and would be 500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima should it make impact

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The space rock is 500 times the power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and could be catastrophic

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There is now a one-in-32 chance that the an asteroid will hit our home planet in 2032

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NASA believes the 100m-wide Asteroid 2024 YR4 will change course and head towards Earth.

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Asteroid 2024 YR4, dubbed a 'city killer' by experts, now has a higher risk of hitting the planet than any other in recent history

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The impact risk corridor will take the city killer over some of the most populated places in the world, according to NASA data

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NASA believes Asteroid 2024 YR4 is the most likely massive space object to hit Earth ever, making it a larger threat than previous threat "God of Chaos" 99942 Apophis

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There is now a 1-in-32 chance that the space rock will hit us in 2032 – with potentially disastrous consequences

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There is now a 1-in-38 chance that the space rock will hit us in 2032 – with potentially disastrous consequences

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