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 ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

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

This means that it is not only currently considered the most dangerous, but only one asteroid has reached a higher class in the past: (99942) Apophis reached class 4 shortly after its discovery at ...

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).

For this reason, the asteroid has been at the top of two lists of the most dangerous celestial bodies at the moment. On the so-called Turin Scale for classifying the danger posed by asteroids ...

Hawaii astronomers late last year discovered an asteroid that has a slim likelihood ... gathers and shares information about potentially dangerous asteroids. Last week, the IAWN issued a notice ...