The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

NASA stated that there is currently a 2.3 per cent (or 1 in 43) chance that the asteroid will hit Earth on December 22, 2032.

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

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

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

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

An asteroid has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. This is, maybe, why we all can’t stop obsessing about it. (Essay) ...

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

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

YR4 is circling Earth and NASA predicts it could strike the planet in 2032. Here's what to know about the asteroid headed ...