christmas asteroid 2024 yr4

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An asteroid is heading for Earth - but you'll have to wait a while to find out if we're gonna get hit

A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years.Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, researchers say.

The New York Times · 1d

Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December 2032.

The Daily Telegraph · 2h

High risk asteroid could hit earth in 2032 - can we defend ourselves?

Rock wider than football pitch could have devastating impact if it hits our planet – which, according to Nasa scientists, is possible

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Newly Discovered Asteroid Is Now at ‘Highest-Risk’ for Colliding With Earth in 2032

YR4 was only just discovered on Christmas Day last year, flying uncomfortably close to our planet, just 500,000 miles away. That’s roughly twice the distance of the Earth to the Moon, but it might get ...

Chilling graphic shows ‘Christmas asteroid’ the size of a football pitch on ‘possible’ trajectory to HIT Earth in 7yrs

A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size of a football pitch is on course to smash into Earth at Christmas time in ...

Global defence plan triggered as 100-metre asteroid may hit earth in 2032

A hundred-metre-wide asteroid has been placed at the top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December last year ...

New Football Pitch-Sized Asteroid Tops NASA's Impact Risk Chart with Potential to Crash into Earth in 2032

According to scientists, the asteroid came closest to Earth on Christmas Day and passed near around 500,000 miles.

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is Level 3 On The Torino Scale, With A Very Close Approach In 2032. That's Not Great

An asteroid discovered in 2024 has been placed at level 3 on the Torino impact scale, with a small chance of impact with ...

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