It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 will swing close to Earth in 2032. The chances of an impact remain ...

(Artist's impression of an asteroid. Elements of this ... [+] image furnished by NASA ... The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth have risen, with astronomers increasing the odds ...

The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a small country have been increased to 1 in 43.

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

NASA says it's aware of an asteroid with a "very small chance" of hitting Earth in seven years. It's raised questions about what scientists could do to divert a threatening asteroid — and who would be ...

A recently discovered asteroid that has captured ... a slightly increased risk of affecting Earth. Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032 ...

The potential impact would occur on Dec. 22, 2032. It’s much too soon to know where it might land if it did hit Earth.

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Astronomers ruled out any chance of an impact with Earth in 2028, but there's a small chance the asteroid might hit our planet on December 22, 2032. How small? The probability has fluctuated in ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been ... after the notorious Apophis briefly hit a rating of 4 many when it was first discovered. The risk of Apophis impacting Earth during its 2029 flyby even rose as ...