A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall could strike Earth on Dec.22, 2032, alerting planetary defense ...

YR4: More than 100 million people live in risk corridor, Nasa data shows - Asteroid’s destructive potential is 500 times the ...

The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the ...

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

Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts notes while counterintuitive, the odds of impact go up before they drop to zero.

known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, is currently 27 million miles from Earth and is expected to come close to our planet in December 2032. But is it really a threat? This new asteroid has captured the ...

That's why scientists aren't too concerned – yet – about an asteroid spotted late in 2024 that poses the single biggest impact threat to Earth in two decades. Estimated to be about 130 to 300 ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking asteroid 2024 YY5. The space rock will make a safe approach to Earth soon. Scientists have assured it poses no danger to the planet. How close will ...

TL;DR: Astronomers have discovered a potentially hazardous asteroid traveling at 38,700 mph. It measures between 130 and 300 feet wide and has a slim chance of impacting Earth. Keeping an eye on ...

Even so, the object — called asteroid 2024 YR4 — is Earth's biggest known impact threat in 20 years and it's already triggered international planetary-defense planning. What's the threat level?

The only other asteroid to score higher on the Torino scale is 99942 Apophis, which briefly had a rating of 4 on the Torino scale in late 2004. Its threat is now just a zero on the scale after ...