The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does ...

The European Space Agency says there’s now just a 0.16 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will impact our planet.

NASA has been changing the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in recent days, but the latest shift significantly ...

New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to the planet to minimal levels, but the extraordinary close approach will now offe ...

New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 caused consternation over the last few weeks as its odds of hitting Earth in 2032 dramatically rose. Now, those odds have plummeted to near-zero, as ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 probably won’t come nearly as close to Earth anytime soon as the space rock in this artist’s ...

discovered the existence of an asteroid known as 2024 YR4. That ATLAS should discover an asteroid is no surprise—there are millions of them in our cosmic neck of the woods alone. However ...

Until 2024 YR 4, no asteroid has reached class 3 since then. This also means that the asteroid is not only of interest to astronomers, but also deserves attention from the public and official bodies.

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4 and measuring 100m by 40m ... He added: "I think this has the potential to be very serious indeed." In comparison, the astronomer said the chance of winning the ...

Tom joined Newsweek in August 2024 from BBC Science Focus and has previously ... Two immense canyons on the moon's far side that rival Earth's Grand Canyon were produced by a cataclysmic collision ...