Astronomers have captured a new image of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 1 in 48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, is roughly 130 to 300 feet across. It was first reported on Dec. 27, 2024, by the NASA-funded ...

YR4 is circling Earth and NASA predicts it could strike the planet in 2032. Here's what to know about the asteroid headed ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks ...

The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. The ...

Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...