Don't Panic, But the Chances of That City Killer Asteroid Hitting Earth Just Almost Doubled

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The good news is that there's still only a 2.1 percent chance of Earth impact, or 1 in 48 odds, according to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

The space rock, dubbed 2024 YR4, had a 1.3 percent chance of hitting us just under eight years from now last month — and now, that probability has risen substantially.That's the bad news.

  Scientists at NASA have closely been following a near-Earth asteroid, roughly 200 feet in length, that they say could impact the Earth on December 22, 2032.

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Author / Journalist: Victor Tangermann

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Published On: 2025-02-11 @ 15:39:39 (12 hours ago)

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