Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

2024 YR4 is a 3 on the Torino scale, meaning that the close encounter with the asteroid is “meriting attention by astronomers,” according to CNEOS. Level 3 asteroids have a “1% or greater ...

The odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 have increased to 1 in 43. Despite this, you still shouldn't worry about the potential impact of this asteroid. That's because experts ...

Could an asteroid be on a collision course with Earth in less than eight years from now? NASA and the European Space Agency are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, a relatively large asteroid.

NASA's earlier analysis indicated a slightly higher probability of over 1 per cent, meaning there is roughly a 99 per cent chance that Asteroid 2024 YR4 will miss Earth. (Pic used for ...

Our current best guess is that this object, called 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-43 chance of striking in 2032, the highest risk of any known asteroid. But what does that number really mean, and when ...

That means there was a 98.7% chance that the asteroid would miss us. Or to put that another way, there was a 1 in 83 chance that 2024 YR4 would hit us. Unfortunately, the impact probability of ...

or 1.4%. However, despite these seemingly low odds, the asteroid's magnitude and potential destruction cause for alarm. The IAC report indicates that 2024 YR4 came closest to Earth on December 25 ...

A newly-discovered asteroid ... 2024 YR4 - has a 2.2% chance of crashing into our planet in 2032, the European Space Agency (ESA) has said. The Agency had previously said there was a 1.2% ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth have risen, with astronomers increasing the odds from 1.3% to 2.3% that it will strike Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. The asteroid is thought to measure ...

An asteroid has ... of a crash since 2024 YR4 was initially discovered. The European Space Agency in January placed the asteroid's odds of hitting Earth at roughly 1%, before NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

Based on projections, the asteroid has little more than a 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. For context, 2024 YR4 rates at a 3 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale. The scale ...