Ready or not, 2024 YR4 is coming to an orbit near you.
Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while astronomers warn that the moon could be in the line of fire as well.
“Showing just over ~2% impact probability on Earth,” Dr. David Rankin, operations manager of the University of Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey, wrote in a viral post on Blue Sky Social, alongside a video simulation of the rock’s potential impact.