NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...

New calculations indicate that the asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is now much less likely to hit Earth than earlier measurements ...

For several years, astronomers have been aware of a much-ballyhooed “city-killer” asteroid named YR4 2024, which is hurtling ...

The European Space Agency says there’s now just a 0.16 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will impact our planet.

The drop in odds had been widely anticipated by the global astronomical community, which now broadly expects the probability ...

NASA says that Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 99.72 percent chance of missing Earth when it passes by us in 2032.

A stronomers detected a 40-to-80-meter asteroid, dubbed a “city killer,” with the potential to collide with Earth in 2032, ...

Before you start preparing for the worst, an update has since been issued by NASA's planetary defense, reading: "Observations made overnight on Feb. 19 - 20 of asteroid 2024 YR4 have further decreased ...

The space rock now has a one-in-360 chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, down from its peak of a one-in-32 chance. While it's looking likely that asteroid 2024 YR4 will safely fly by Earth, ...

A ‘city-destroying’ asteroid is currently on a path towards Earth and could hit as soon as 2032. Now experts have modelled ...

NASA’s double-asteroid redirection test, launched in 2022, was an actual experiment in space. It sent a rocket to strike an ...

New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...