NASA looking for ways to destroy asteroid that could strike Earth, kill city
'You can't half-a-- this at the last minute,' official says
By Alexandra Koch Fox News
Published February 19, 2025 9:44pm EST
The chances of a giant space rock striking the Earth have decreased, but NASA and other space agencies are still devising a plan to obliterate it.
Asteroid 2024 YR4, a recently discovered planetoid, now has a 1.5% probability of making impact with Earth, according to NASA.
Even though the new probability is down from the previously reported 2.6%, and above the initial 1% chance in late January, international agencies are plotting a way to destroy the terrestrial chunk, if need be.
"No one is panicking, but it [is] definitely what we’re talking about in the hallways of NASA," a project manager at the Kennedy Space Center told the New York Post. "We know we have enough time to act, but now’s the time to start planning. You can’t half-a-- this at the last minute."
As wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall, the asteroid is estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet in width.
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