An asteroid which has a one in 32 chance of hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a city has been caught on camera.

There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight ...

The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does it compare to other potentially hazardous space rocks?

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

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

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

After creating panic across the globe over its 'city-killer' tag, Asteroid 2024 YR4 predicted to hit Earth ‘in 2032 seems to have offered some respite. NASA says the impact risk has reduced.

The James Webb Space Telescope, which has an infrared eye that allows it to track the asteroid further out than optical light ...

Upon its discovery, automated asteroid warning systems calculated a 3.1% chance of 2024 YR4 impacting Earth on 22nd December ...

Thanks to new observations, an impact of the asteroid 2024 YR₄ in 2032 is now almost ruled out. Further observations should provide complete clarity.