NASA Lowers Impact Probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 After New Data
According to the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, developed by Richard Binzel, Professor of Planetary Sciences at MIT, asteroid ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has the ‘highest impact probability’ ever recorded, but that’s likely to change
The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 is higher. Experts expect the risk percentage to fluctuate ...
Why asteroid 2024 YR4 has reached a record level on ‘impact hazard’ scale
The inventor of the Torino Impact Hazard Scale has explained how scientists are working to ‘pin down’ the position of ...
‘500 Hiroshima bombs’: Earth may dodge Asteroid 2024 YR4, but the worse is coming
YR4 once held a 3.1% impact chance, with the power of 500 Hiroshima bombs. Though the risk dropped, future asteroid threats ...
2024 YR4 FAQs: How big is the asteroid? Could we use a spacecraft similar to DART? Here's all
YR4, detected by the ATLAS system in January 2025, has a slim chance of impacting Earth in December 2032. Continued ...
MIT professor tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, says probability of collision will "bounce around"
Dr. Richard Binzel is a leading astronomer and professor at MIT. Binzel and his team have been tracking asteroid 2024 YR4 for ...