Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track

[Castanet News]

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an...

[mark2]

1 in 50 chance of mass destruction, "nothing to worry about".

[Ninja2]

Maybe it will hit Washington

[WinkDinkerson]

Can only hope it does.

[toyota20]

Ninja2...........Maybe it will hit Ottawa.

[77TA]

Don't look up

[BigTun]

Please... PLEASE hit Ottawa.

[Tack]

Probably a big nothing will happen. But if it does hopefully it hits somewhere with no people and doesn't cause significant damage.

Everyone cheering on people dying because you don't like their politics is disgusting and desensitized. Time to wake up from calling for others to be killed because you disagree with them. Disturbing and gross.

[jlysholm]

No problem. We will just introduce a new tax that will adjust the trajectory!

[GordonH]

or the human race becomes the newest dinosaurs, we become the oil of the distant future.

[FreqFlyer]

It's not a question of "if". It's a question of "when".

We're just one rock moving around in space surrounded by countless of other rocks. It will happen, thats just math.

The good news is that we have the capability to observe any potential inbound threats. We have the technology to potentially alter the course of inbound threats as was tested with Dimorphos just a few years ago. And we have the understanding of what other potential threats may present themselves after we use that technology.