Asteroid 2024 YR4 will move out of Earth’s sight by May and will not return until 2028. Still, the threat assessment should be further along, and if the asteroid appears headed for Earth, there ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues.

Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise orbit, the calculation usually gives scientists a cloud of its possible ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it ...

In the new study, researchers set out to calculate just how likely it is that an asteroid could hit Earth during the average ...

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds. It now poses a threat to the moon, rather than Earth.

How do scientists track potentially dangerous asteroids? A telescope in Chile discovered the asteroid 2024 YR4 in December. It’s estimated to be 130 feet to 300 feet (40 meters to 90 meters) across.

However, if Asteroid 2024 YR4 does hit Earth, most people won’t even know it happened. "This is not a get-worried kind of situation," asteroid and comet expert Teddy Kareta told FOX Weather.

Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track by: MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press Posted: Feb 13, 2025 / 06:54 PM EST Updated: Feb 13, 2025 / 06:56 PM EST ...

Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track by: MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press Posted: Feb 13, 2025 / 06:54 PM EST Updated: Feb 13, 2025 / 06:56 PM EST ...

Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track by: MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press Posted: Feb 13, 2025 / 03:54 PM PST Updated: Feb 13, 2025 / 03:56 PM PST ...