Since near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered in December 2024, NASA and the worldwide planetary defense community have continued to observe the asteroid, which was ruled out as a significant impact risk to Earth. New infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have decreased the uncertainty of the asteroid’s size and 2024 YR4...
Article says that it’s about 60m in size (I assume that’s the diameter). Moon’s gonna be fine. Let’s hope we don’t have humans up there when it hits though. Although by then we’ll have a much better estimate, so maybe we’ll be 99.9% sure that it doesn’t hit. Or that it does, time will tell
Article says that it’s about 60m in size (I assume that’s the diameter). Moon’s gonna be fine. Let’s hope we don’t have humans up there when it hits though. Although by then we’ll have a much better estimate, so maybe we’ll be 99.9% sure that it doesn’t hit. Or that it does, time will tell
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