The risk assessment of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 has increased from a chance of 1.2% impact over the last week ...

YR4 were to strike Earth, the energy released could be equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT, capable of devastating an area the size of Washington, D.C.

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

Chile’s ATLAS observatory confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has been classified at Level 3 on the Torino Scale, indicating a 1 ...

The threat comes as new observations suggest the asteroid’s chance of collision has risen to 1-in-43, up from about 1% in ...

Scientists recently doubled the chances that Asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth in 2032. While earlier estimates said the ...

February 13, 2025, a 93-foot asteroid named 2025 CL3 is set to pass close to Earth at 7:06 PM IST. The thought of a large ...

A terrifying new animation has revealed the projected path of the 'city-destroying' asteroid heading towards Earth.

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...

We interrupt our regular schedule of fish puns and naughty jokes about holes to warn you that a huge chunk of celestial ...

YR4 could have a positive impact on Earth, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, with Nasa saying it could ‘herald a new era for ...

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. 7. This probability of impact has increased since Jan. 29 when NASA ...