{"id":303913,"date":"2025-02-21T07:45:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T07:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=303913"},"modified":"2025-02-23T08:29:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T08:29:46","slug":"nasa-upgrades-risk-of-city-killer-asteroid-hitting-earth-to-highest-ever-in-agencys-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=303913","title":{"rendered":"NASA upgrades risk of \u2018city-killer\u2019 asteroid hitting Earth to HIGHEST ever in agency\u2019s history"},"content":{"rendered":"

GB News \u2013 Feb 20, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Nasa has announced an increased risk of Earth impact for a newly discovered asteroid, with chances now standing at 3.1 percent.<\/p>\n

The space agency revealed yesterday that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1 in 32 probability of striking our planet in 2032.<\/p>\n

The latest assessment represents a five percent increase from previous predictions, escalating concerns about the potential collision.<\/p>\n

The asteroid measures between 130 and 300 feet in width, according to astronomers’ estimates based on its brightness.<\/p>\n

Analysis of the space rock’s light signatures indicates it has a typical composition, rather than being composed of rare metals.<\/p>\n

These characteristics place it firmly in the category of potentially city-destroying asteroids, should it make impact with Earth.<\/p>\n

This latest assessment makes asteroid 2024 YR4 the most threatening space object ever documented by modern forecasting systems.<\/p>\n

The previous record holder was asteroid Apophis, which in 2004 was calculated to have a 2.7 percent chance of striking Earth in 2029.<\/p>\n

Further observations later ruled out the possibility of Apophis impacting Earth, though 2024 YR4’s current risk assessment remains at its elevated level.<\/p>\n

The blast would be 500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War Two.<\/p>\n

A simulation video demonstrates the devastating potential impact on an urban area, showing how the collision would level buildings across a city-sized region.<\/p>\n

The current “risk corridor” for potential impact stretches from South America across the Atlantic Ocean to sub-Saharan Africa, then across the Arabian Sea to India.<\/p>\n

Scientists outline two possible scenarios if the asteroid reaches Earth. In the first scenario, a direct surface impact would devastate an area the size of Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, 2024-YR4 could explode in mid-air like the Tunguska asteroid did in 1908.<\/p>\n

The Tunguska event, while avoiding surface impact, caused the most explosive impact in recorded history when it detonated over Siberia.<\/p>\n

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