A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

Astronomers say there is a 2.3% chance an asteroid nearly as big as the Statue of Liberty will smash into the Earth in 2032.

Astronomers are keeping a close watch on a newly discovered near‐Earth asteroid that, while highly unlikely to hit Earth, remains under intense international scrutiny.

YR4 should remain hovering around 1%, should humanity choose to, we have already proven we can nudge asteroids out of our way ...

Astronomers track asteroid 2024 YR4, with a 1.9% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, but NASA said there's nothing to be worried about.

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

The comet was only first discovered on April 5 last year by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey, which has discovered around 5,000 comets so far, according to NASA.

Scientists first detected 2024 PT5 in August 2024 with the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), a robotic telescope that keeps an eye out for dangerous space rocks.