YR4: everything to know about the potential "city killer" space rock that has a 2.3% chance of striking Earth on Dec. 22, ...

An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on ...

NASA is monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring 130 to 300 feet, with a low chance of impact on December 22, 2032. Further ...

Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which once had the highest recorded impact probability for its size.

With the new observations, NASA has warned that there is around a 1% chance that the asteroid could impact the moon. That ...

The asteroid was first detected on 27 December by the ATLAS telescope in Chile, part of NEO detection programme ...

We all know that asteroids are out there, that some of them come dangerously close to Earth, and that they've struck Earth ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 have risen again (again), making it the most dangerous ...

Astronomers are closely tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) that has a 2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. While the probability remains low, scientists stress ...

The threat posed by the space rock, estimated to be between 40 and 90 metres in diameter, is the highest ever recorded for an ...