Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, which may hit Earth on December 2, 2032. The estimated impact probability is ...

This asteroid has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth. That's nearly double the percentage reported earlier this month. But ...

A newly discovered asteroid being tracked by the global science community has a nearly 98% chance of zooming by Earth without ...

The 2024 YR4 was spotted on December 27, 2024, by the Atlas Telescope in Chile. Reportedly, the space rock is around 40 to ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

NASA is training humanity’s most powerful telescope on a “city-killing” asteroid to determine whether or not we need to brace ...

YR4 has a 2.2% chance of striking Earth in seven years, but recent updates keep pushing the odds in the wrong direction.

Space agencies and thousands of astronomers are working against the clock to determine the trajectory of the body before it ...

In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

The infinite cosmos is a perilous expanse, filled with celestial objects that could be on a collision course with Earth.

Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.