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

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

A nearly 98 percent chance it won’t hit us is pretty good. Second, while that’s definitely a massive rock, it’s not like a ...

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

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

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

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers say not to fret.

An asteroid could potentially crash into Earth in less than eight years. Here's everything to know about asteroid 2024 YR4.

A newly discovered near-Earth asteroid called 2024 YR4 is one possibly ... watching because it could devastate a city with a direct hit—even on the small side of its size estimate.

A group of researchers based in South Korea drew up scenarios indicating how Earth’s climate and life on our planet would be affected by the impact of a medium-sized asteroid like Bennu.