"NASA has increased the chances of the 'city-killing' asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth to 3.1 percent, marking a significant rise in risk forecasts."
"The asteroid, if it enters the Earth's atmosphere, could explode with a force over 500 times that of the Hiroshima bomb, posing severe threats to cities."
NASA has announced that the risk of the asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth has increased to 3.1%, up from 1.2% at earlier predictions. This asteroid, ranging between 130 and 300 feet wide, is categorized as a 'city killer', meaning it could cause significant local destruction but not a global catastrophe. If it were to hit, analysts estimate it could explode with a force exceeding eight megatons of TNT. Despite this heightened risk, experts assert it is not currently seen as a crisis, emphasizing its threat level is substantially lower than that of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.
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