Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses potential threat to Earth in 2032

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Astronomers discovered a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4 during a Christmas observation.
It poses a potential collision risk with a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
The scientific community is closely monitoring the asteroid, but current predictions suggest it will likely miss.

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On Christmas Day, December 25, 2024, an asteroid named 2024 YR4 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, USA. The space rock is currently traveling through space, estimated to be between 40 and 100 meters in size, and registered as a Near-Earth Object. By January 2025, scientists at NASA had estimated a 1% chance that this asteroid could collide with Earth on December 22, 2032. While the current distance to Earth is approximately 27 million miles, astronomers have placed this asteroid at a level three on the Torino impact scale, giving it one of the highest probabilities of an impact due to its significant size.

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