It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 will swing close to Earth in 2032. The chances of an impact remain ...

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

It was initially believed the asteroid, first detected on December 27, had about a 1 percent chance of colliding with Earth, but by Thursday, that chance had risen to 2.3 percent. On Wednesday, NASA ...

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

Nasa says explosion would be 150 times greater than A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima with chances of it smashing into the planet ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

Artist's impression of an asteroid. This image is not intended to reflect the ... a medium-sized asteroid that could potentially impact the Earth within the next 10 years. However, experts agree ...