ESA Monitors Asteroid Over Earth Collision Risk

Artist's concept of asteroid 2024 YR4. 

Credit: European Space Agency
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Planetary Defense Office is “closely monitoring” a newly discovered asteroid over concern it could impact Earth. ESA says that as of Jan. 29 “the probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 may impact Earth on 22 December 2032 is 1.2%.” But the agency stressed it had “a very...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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