Asteroid 2024 YR4 will now almost certainly miss Earth in 2032

Astronomers have raced to observe asteroid 2024 YR4 NASA/Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope/New Mexico Institute of Technology/Ryan The world’s space agencies have reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth to below 1 per cent, which strongly suggests that a potentially devastating collision will be avoided. However, the asteroid will still probably pass extraordinarily near…

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