# @theoregonian on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGUQZdfvmmH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26820195-theoregonian-instagram
- **Posted:** 2025-02-21T02:00:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

If you’re looking to the stars for a little respite from the doom and gloom, you might be looking in the wrong place.

Chances are increasing that a large asteroid, dubbed YR4, will strike Earth in 2032, possibly resulting in large-scale destruction wherever it lands. On Tuesday, astronomers with NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies upgraded the odds of a YR4 strike to 3.1%, the highest risk level ever recorded.

Read more at the link in our bio.

#asteroid #yr4 #asteroidyr4 #oregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #theoregonian

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pacificnorthwest, oregon, pnw, asteroid, asteroidyr4, yr4, theoregonian

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