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

While NASA's latest estimates indicate a slight increase in risk, experts continue to believe that as more data is gathered, ...

The possibility of an asteroid hitting Earth and causing damage in 2032 has continued to increase since the asteroid was ...

Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

Forget climate change or another global pandemic, scientists fear a giant asteroid that could destroy an area the size of ...

Since early January, Chinese scientists have been continuously observing an asteroid that has a small chance of colliding ...

YR4 has a chance to crash into the Earth in 2032 when the "mansion-sized" space rock approaches our planet with enough power ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in 2032.

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

As a result, this kind of warning is likely to become more ... And while the risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 actually hitting Earth is very low, that doesn’t mean astronomers should be complacent.

As space scientists around the world scramble to learn more about an asteroid classified as a "city destroyer" that could impact the Earth in around eight years, two Australians are quietly playing a ...