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NASA Watches Asteroid 2024 YR4: 2.3% Collision Risk

2/13/2025

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NASA is keeping a close eye on asteroid 2024 YR4, which poses a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032. Discovered in Chile on January 27, 2024, it currently tops NASA's risk list. Though the odds of impact could increase, experts remain hopeful it will safely glide past our planet.

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NASA is keeping a close eye on asteroid 2024 YR4, which poses a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032. Discovered in Chile on January 27, 2024, it currently tops NASA's risk list. Though the odds of impact could increase, experts remain hopeful it will safely glide past our planet.