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Asteroid Collision Risk Plummets, Observatory Faces New Threat

2/26/2025

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Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially thought to have a 3% chance of colliding with Earth, now faces an almost negligible impact risk. Discovered in December 2022, this celestial body was tracked by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. Yet, an industrial project nearby poses a serious threat to the observatory's vital monitoring capabilities.

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Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially thought to have a 3% chance of colliding with Earth, now faces an almost negligible impact risk. Discovered in December 2022, this celestial body was tracked by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. Yet, an industrial project nearby poses a serious threat to the observatory's vital monitoring capabilities.