Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...
YR4 is circling Earth and NASA predicts it could strike the planet in 2032. Here's what to know about the asteroid headed ...
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.
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 ...
We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...
Watch as a city-killer asteroid set to possibly crash into Earth in 2032 zooms away from Earth in new telescope footage.
The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...
The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...
The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, according to a NASA update on Feb.
Since the asteroid YR4 was first discovered in December 2024, the odds that it could crash into earth have more than doubled.
Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts notes while counterintuitive, the odds of impact go up before they drop to zero.