YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but as astronomers make more observations about its trajectory, the odds of ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity ...

The chances that an asteroid hits Earth in 2032 are now at their highest since the object was first discovered, according to NASA.

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 dropped to near zero, astronomers say. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4.

But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance of collision once associated ... collisions of space objects with Earth. The rating meant that the asteroid merited astronomers’ attention and ...

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 have again risen, though the risk remains tiny, astronomers say. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4.

Since its discovery, the asteroid’s probability of ... the European Space Agency’s (Esa) Near Earth Object Centre predicts the collision probability to be just 0.16%, which is a 1 in 625 ...