Update: Odds have slightly increased to 1 in 83. This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever, making it a Torino scale 3. Most likely outcome is still a near miss. We continue to track it!

The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, was detected by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System on Dec. 27, 2024. According to researchers, it has about a 1-in-83 chance of im

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032.

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for the first time

First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, a near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to 330 feet across.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%. “We are not worried at all,

A 196-foot-wide asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in 2032. An expert tells Space.com where this asteroid could impact our planet and what level of destruction it could cause.

A newly discovered asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth in December 2032, astronomers have warned. The space rock, designated 2024 YR4, measures approximately 60 metres across - roughly the size of a 20-storey building.