NASA has officially upgraded the likelihood of Earth being hit by asteroid 2024 YR4.NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object ...

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.

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

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...

station in Chile first reported the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, on December 27, 2024. Within a few days it had risen to the top of NASA’s Sentry risk table and the European Space Agency’s near ...

These rocky bodies vary in size and trajectory, and some can pose a real risk if they come too close. Experts recently identified asteroid 2024 YR4, spotted on December 27, 2024, and they note a small ...

Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, researchers say. Discovered last Christmas by Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey, the asteroid is ...

The recently discovered asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, measures roughly 196 feet (60 meters) in diameter—around half the length of a football field—and is currently located 27 million miles ...

Based on projections, the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a little more than one per cent chance of impact with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. But that doesn’t mean you should panic — at least not yet ...

Astronomers are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a slim 1.2% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032. Measuring between 40 and 100 meters wide, if it impacts, it could cause ...