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

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...

What’s more, in the event a space rock does represent a threat, a NASA spacecraft proved in 2022 that the ... twice the velocity of an Earth-orbiting satellite. It’s that screaming speed that causes ...

China has initiated the formation of a planetary defence team to address the potential danger posed by near-Earth asteroids.

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

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made.

Interest is swirling in a recently spotted asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 – though the odds have increased slightly over the last few weeks. NASA has made it clear that ...

YR4 could have a positive impact on Earth, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, with Nasa saying it could ‘herald a new era for ...

The asteroid has been given a rating of 3 out of 10, indicating a "close encounter, meriting attention by astronomers." ...

NASA has announced an asteroid that is heading this way, has a greater chance of hitting the Earth than initially thought.

Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

In September 2022, NASA demonstrated that it was ... into Dimorphos at roughly 14,000 mph. Though the tiny asteroid posed no threat to Earth, NASA had set out to test a method of redirecting ...