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

First spotted in December 2024, YR4 is estimated to be between 130 and 330 feet in size, roughly equivalent to a 40-story ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

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

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

We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...

An asteroid that measures up to 300 feet across could smack into Earth in 2032, and while NASA says the chances of a ...

The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, according to a NASA update on Feb.

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...

An asteroid named 2024 YR4 has a 2.1% chance of striking Earth on December 22, 2032, with potential impact zones identified ...

Measuring approximately 40 to 100 metres wide, people have been nicknaming the asteroid ‘the city destroyer’ as it has the ...

The asteroid is capable of demolishing an entire city on impact. According to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies ...