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

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

NASA and the European Space Agency have issued updates on what is considered to be the most dangerous asteroid astronomers ...

There is an estimated 2.3% chance that the 2024 YR4 asteroid is heading our way. Here's everything you need to know about the ...

In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

It's the most hazardous space rock detected ... begun to build a planetary defense against dangerous space rocks. "We aren’t just waiting for an asteroid to strike,” Richard Moissl, head ...

If it hits, the explosion would be 500 times as powerful as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and have a blast radius of ...

If YR4 explodes over an ocean, the impact to humanity would be less dangerous. However, if it approaches a coastline, a tsunami could be triggered. When Was the Last Time an Asteroid Almost Hit Earth?

Although the asteroid will most likely pass by without issue, those tasked with monitoring its physical attributes and potential have shifted upward the probability of a crash since 2024 YR4 was ...