Jan 27, 2025 · 2024 YR4 is an asteroid between 40 and 100 metres (130 and 330 ft) in diameter, classified as an Apollo-type (Earth-crossing) near-Earth object. It was discovered by the Chilean station of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on 27 December 2024. [2][1] As of 3 February 2025, 2024 YR4 was rated 3 on the Torino scale with a ...

5 days ago · The European Space Agency (ESA) Planetary Defence Office is closely monitoring the recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a very small chance of impacting Earth in 2032. This page was last updated on 29 January 2025.

Jan 27, 2025 · Asteroid 2024 YR4 swept into the view of the ATLAS asteroid impact early warning system – with telescopes in Hawaii, Chile and South Africa – on December 25, 2024.

5 days ago · NASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 – which also means there is about a 99% chance this asteroid will not impact.

1 day ago · Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine its path.

4 days ago · Experts weigh in about the recently discovered near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 that has about a 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

1 day ago · The probability that the asteroid, called 2024 YR4 may impact Earth on 22 December 2032 is currently estimated to be 1.3%.

10 hours ago · The probability that the asteroid, called 2024 YR4 may impact Earth on 22 December 2032 is currently estimated to be 1.3%.

3 days ago · Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 1.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, the European Space Agency and NASA have found.

4 days ago · The space rock, named 2024 YR4, is between 130 feet and 330 feet in diameter and could hit Earth in 2032, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.