NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032.

The likelihood of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 rose and fell last week. NASA's impact odds are now so slim that the asteroid is no longer a hazard on the Torino asteroid scale.

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

(In real life, the asteroid came within 4 million miles of ... (When NEOs are discovered, they are initially given a name that reflects the year of identification, followed by letters and numbers ...

The rating meant that the asteroid merited astronomers’ attention ... Italy — hence the name of the scale — and published it in 1999. Binzel said he believed a scale was needed to calculate ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

GRAND FORKS, ND — Astronomers have turned their high-powered telescopes toward a 100-meter wide asteroid hurtling in its orbit through the Milky Way galaxy and are hoping it doesn’t collide wi ...

The asteroid’s impact probability will continue to evolve—likely diminishing to zero—but 2024 YR4 will officially remain an object of concern so long as its estimated chance of striking Earth remains ...

It reports, names and numbers new discoveries. Multiple observatories spotted the asteroid. With only early data to go on, ESA placed 2024 YR4 at the top of its asteroid risk list. Similarly ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4 ... Union adopted it at a meeting in Torino, Italy - hence the name of the scale - and published it in 1999. Binzel said he believed a scale was ...