It is as wide as the wing span of a 747 and has a 1 in 83 chance of hitting the Earth when it arrives in 2032. David Moore of Astronomy Ireland told DublinLive that 2024 YR4 would be a “country killer ...

He also said the Gaganyaan mission, which will send Indian astronauts to low-Earth orbit, will launch next year.

Astronomers, tracking the objects in the sky noted that in January alone, over 120 Starlink satellites re-entered Earth's ...