NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...

NASA has revealed the exact "risk corridor" where an approaching asteroid -- named Asteroid 2024 YR4 -- could hit Earth.

Torres: 3.1 percent is not high but it is the highest risk level of a space rock crashing into us, ever. Except for the one that killed the dinosaurs.

New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to the planet to minimal levels, but the extraordinary close approach will now offe ...

Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...

Insurance companies globally will be monitoring the risks associated with a “city-killing” asteroid that could collide with ...

The threat posed by the space rock, estimated to be between 40 and 90 metres in diameter, is the highest ever recorded for an ...

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Tuesday that 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of impact, but astronomers lowered the estimate ...

The odds that the recently discovered asteroid will hit Earth on December 22, 2032 have now risen to 3.1 percent ...

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