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NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a small chance of hitting ... is usually temporary. The data gathering and probability calculation process worked ...

An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance ... 19, new data collected overnight reduced the impact probability ...

NASA decreased the probability of the asteroid impacting Earth to 1.5%, the same as a 98.5% chance of no impact. "As more data are being acquired daily, the impact probability is subject to ...

But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance of collision ... that the Earth occupies is the probability of impact,” Binzel said in an email. “More data on the asteroid shrinks the noodle.

An asteroid recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting ... expect that the probability will more than likely fall to zero as more observations and data about its flight ...

NASA/jPL-Caltech/Getty Images When the ... NASA predicted just a 1.3% probability of it hitting Earth. The likelihood has increased to 3.1%. MORE: There's a small chance an asteroid could hit ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability ... percent chance of a miss from this asteroid," said asteroid hunter David Rankin, who first "pre-covered" 2024 YR4 in data from ...