2024 YR4

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You Can Stop Losing Sleep Over That Asteroid

We're now at 'impact probability zero folks' for 2024 YR4

(Newser) - It looks like 2024 YR4 may be a nothingburger after all. The asteroid was discovered at the end of last year and is expected to make a super-close drive-by in 2032—but it grabbed a sea of headlines last week after NASA put the odds of it making a direct...

In Just Weeks, Odds of an Asteroid Hit Have Doubled
Nevermind on Those
2032 Asteroid Collision Odds
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Nevermind on Those 2032 Asteroid Collision Odds

NASA put the odds at 3.1%, then back down to 1.5%

(Newser) - Well, nevermind. The day after NASA put the odds of an asteroid collision in 2032 at 3.1%, additional analysis was carried out and as of Wednesday the odds were back down to 1.5%, CBS News reports. With the latest estimate, NASA said it "expects the impact probability...

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