Interest is swirling in a recently spotted asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 – though the odds have increased slightly over the last few weeks. NASA has made it clear that ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers ...

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

Since the asteroid YR4 was first discovered in December 2024, the odds that it could crash into earth have more than doubled.

A UK volcanologist, Dr Robin George Andrews, has raised concerns about the looming threat of asteroid 2024 YR4, warning that ...

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

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

We might already be too late to knock ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 out of the way with a tested method, a scientist has ...

While NASA says the chances of a collision with Earth are “extremely low,” the probability has been increasing since the space rock was discovered weeks ago.

The chances of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid hitting Earth just a few days before Christmas 2032 are increasing — but ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...