Astronomers are closely watching an asteroid that has a small probability of hitting Earth in less than eight years. On Thursday, NASA decreased the asteroid's impact probability to 0.3%, down from a ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has already been a topic of close scrutiny because of the threat it poses to colliding with Earth. Recently ...

The latest update from NASA has raised the collision probability in 2032 from 2.6% to 3.1%, while ESA has increased it from 2.4% to 2.8%. 2024 YR4 has already surpassed the percentage that Apophis ...

TEMPLE, Texas — Good news for all earthlings, our home planet is likely in the clear after an asteroid was recently identified as a possible threat of hitting Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is estimated to ...

With the 2024 YR4 asteroid scheduled to near Earth by 2032, several methods of averting a collision have already been proposed. The asteroid, being monitored by multiple space agencies across the ...

When astronomers discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 late last year, not much was mentioned about the probability of it colliding with Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is approximately 150-feet wide and could impact ...

"Asteroid 2024 YR4 has now been reassigned to Torino Scale Level Zero, the level for 'No Hazard' as additional tracking of its orbital path has reduced its possibility of intersecting the Earth to ...

A near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4 was first reported in December by the NASA funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile. As of Thursday, Feb. 20, data shows that there is ...

NASA and ESA are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially had a higher collision probability with Earth than the Apophis asteroid. New data has since lowered the impact risk to 1.5%, with ...