YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see ...

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 have again risen, though the risk remains tiny, astronomers say. Here's what to ...

Astronomers at NASA say there's a small chance a distant asteroid could hit Earth three days before Christmas in 2032 - but ...

Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks ...

NASA has upgraded the odds of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032. The space rock, named asteroid 2024 YR4, now has a 3.1 per ...

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

A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a ...

The risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid hitting Earth at the end of 2032 has increased, University of Oxford's Professor Stephen Smartt explains what the impacts of a collision could be.

The internet is currently swimming with talk about an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. "Could" is a stretch, however, ...

YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance ...

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

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.