The large asteroid Apophis, which will skirt Earth in 2029, has its trajectory modified Almost everyone has heard of Apophis, the asteroid roughly the size of the Eiffel Tower that will pass ...

Apophis initially had a small chance ... Still, space agencies around the world will continue to monitor the asteroid to better calculate its trajectory.

However, as with Apophis, astronomers expected the risk for 2024 YR4 to spike and then fall to zero as they obtained more observational data to reduce uncertainties about the asteroid’s path.

Astronomers said the threat posed by Asteroid 2024 YR4 now exceeds the threat posed by the widely known 2004 Apophis asteroid. YR4 still has a 97% chance of missing Earth, but the 3.1% chance it ...

(CNN) - The odds of an asteroid hitting the Earth in seven years have increased once again. Astronomers said the threat posed by Asteroid 2024 YR4 now exceeds the threat posed by the widely known 2004 ...