An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

The asteroid is rated at a 3 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, a tool used for categorizing potential impacts. That means 2024 YR4 merits attention from astronomers, the public and public ...

A collision with a medium-size asteroid could create widespread ... North America and northern South America. This “impact winter,” the researchers write, would disrupt photosynthesis ...

According to the study, published by researchers part of the IBS Centre for Climate Physics, a direct impact ... asteroid collisions since then, thanks in part to the protective effects of Jupiter ...

Advertisement NASA scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope give the asteroid a slightly lower chance of impacting Earth, CBS News reported, but the chance of impact makes it the most ...

On the slim chance the asteroid does strike Earth in 2032, its impacts would be localized. But 2024 YR4 has nonetheless received a Level 3 rating, out of 10, on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale ...

When was the last time an asteroid had similar odds of hitting Earth? This is only the second time that impact prediction systems have rated any asteroid with an impact probability of more than 1%.

NASA and ESA are monitoring the situation closely. The asteroid's possible impact could release energy 500 times stronger than an atomic bomb. Updated projections are expected soon to determine ...

Since its discovery on 27 December 2023 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile, 2024 YR4 has been closely monitored. NASA has enlisted the James Webb Space ...

As experts learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, they've confirmed that the odds of impact are expected to rise slightly before it's expected – and hoped – to drop to zero.