The space rock, dubbed 2024 YR4, could pose a threat to Earth with over 1% chance of hitting us on December 22, 2032.

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...

Astronomers have identified a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, with a small but notable chance of colliding with Earth on ...

An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than the atomic bomb has triggered global space ...

YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused ...

YR₄ has now been observed hundreds of times, but an impact still cannot be ruled out. The first images are also available.

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

It's actually good news that NASA spotted a sizable asteroid with a (small) chance of hitting Earth in 2032. It means our ...

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

With its central storyline about a city on the brink of a natural disaster, underscored by the personal threat of deportation ...

The nearly 200-foot space rock has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever,’ says ...

New AI research suggests organic molecules on Ceres likely originated from asteroid impacts, not internal activity.