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Earth dodges 'city-killer' asteroid

Asteroid 2024 YR 4 no longer has chance of hitting Earth in 2032, says NASA

NASA announced Monday that the asteroid, named 2024 YR 4, no longer poses a “significant threat” to Earth in 2032 or beyond. “NASA analysis drops asteroid 2024 YR4's impact probability to 0.004%, meaning it is expected to safely pass by Earth in 2032,” NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office posted on X Monday.

Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

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'That's impact probability zero folks!' Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4

YR4 has now been reassigned to Torino Scale Level Zero, the level for 'No Hazard' as additional tracking of its orbital path has reduced its possibility of intersecting the Earth to below the 1-in-1000 threshold.

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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 ...

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Study models asteroid collision’s potentially devastating impact

A collision with a medium-size asteroid could create widespread “devastation” on Earth’s surface, according to a recent ...

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