OMG sciencefromBig Think2 months agoAsteroid anxiety: Astronomy's 300-year quest to predict cosmic collisionsNASA revised the asteroid 2024 YR4's impact chances from 3.1% to 0.004%, with a 1.7% chance of hitting the Moon.
EU data protectionfromTheregister3 months agoSpace rock 2024 YR4 still has 2.4% shot at smacking EarthAsteroid 2024 YR4's impact uncertainty is decreasing, while the probability of Earth impact remains low at 2.4 percent.
Sciencefromwww.scientificamerican.com3 months agoNewly Discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is at Risk of Hitting Earth. What Do We Do?There's a very low, changing chance (2%) of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032, which has caused significant media attention.