Asteroid 2024 YR4 Now Poses No Significant Threat to Earth, Scientists Say

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Now Poses No Significant Threat to Earth, Scientists Say
The Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the moon on May 18, 1969. NASA via AP
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After two months of careful observations, scientists from the United States and Europe have lowered the threat level of a newly discovered asteroid that previously posed a significant collision risk with Earth.

These risks have now been fully ruled out, NASA said in a post on its Planetary Defense blog.
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