The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.

YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but as astronomers make more observations about its trajectory, the odds of ...

An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on ...

NASA has increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, up from 1 in 42 as reported in ...

YR4 has reached the highest risk of impact yet, according to both NASA and the European Space Agency, with the agencies ...

YR4 has a 1-in-43 chance of impacting the Earth in 2032, potentially causing localized damage and potentially wiping out a ...

NASA just increased the odds that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 will strike our planet in 2032. The space agency claimed ...

Nasa upgrades chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in disaster event - There is now a 1-in-38 chance that the space ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

station in Chile first reported the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, on December 27, 2024. Within a few days it had risen to the top of NASA’s Sentry risk table and the European Space Agency’s near ...

These rocky bodies vary in size and trajectory, and some can pose a real risk if they come too close. Experts recently identified asteroid 2024 YR4, spotted on December 27, 2024, and they note a small ...

Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, researchers say. Discovered last Christmas by Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey, the asteroid is ...