The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers ...

In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis, after new telescope observations ruled ...

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Astronomers are using the James Webb telescope to study an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade.

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is still quite slim. New ...