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

Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

Astronomers say the 2024 YR4 asteroid still has a 97% chance of missing Earth in 2032, but the now 3.1% chance it will hit ...

NASA has just increased the likelihood that the asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the Earth on December 22, 2032, to 3.1%.

YR4 has reached the highest risk of impact yet, according to both NASA and the European Space Agency, with the agencies ...

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But the chance of an impact is still quite slim. New calculations suggest there’s a 2% chance the space rock 2024 YR4 will ...

YR4 is circling Earth and NASA predicts it could strike the planet in 2032. Here's what to know about the asteroid headed ...

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Unfortunately, 2024 YR4 is already too far away for that ... the light reflected off a tiny asteroid from the intense glare ...