Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

The latest calculations show that the asteroid known as "2024 YR4" has an increased chance of striking our planet in Dec.

While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven years, the co-lead of NASA's DART mission says a small spacecraft could deflect the space rock's course.

Astronomers have raised the likelihood of “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth to 2.3 per cent, or roughly one in 43.

Scientists are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly discovered spacerock that could pose a potential threat to Earth ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has increased the estimated risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth on 22 December 2032, ...

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 ...

The memo said “Asteroid 2024 YR4,” first detected in late December ... Heidi Hammel, vice president for science at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, urged the public ...

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 ...

There's a 1.3% chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could strike Earth (artist's impression of an ... [+] asteroid). There’s a 1.3% chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could strike Earth, according to ...

2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 last year through the ATLAS telescope in Chile. The probability of this asteroid colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, has been calculated to be 1.2%.

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 ...