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.

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 ...

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

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.

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.

NASA has posted a new update on the odds of 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, which is an asteroid big enough to wipe out an ...

Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.

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

The asteroid 2024 YR4 probably won’t come nearly as close to Earth anytime soon as the space rock in this artist’s ...