YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

Initial projections estimated a 1% chance of collision, but recent calculations have doubled those odds to 2.3%. Scientists admit, however, that much remains unknown about the asteroid's size and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

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

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) says it's aware of an asteroid with a "very small chance" of hitting Earth in seven years. The likelihood of it that happening could ...

The asteroid colliding with the Moon could release energy in upwards of 340 Hiroshima bombs with the spectacle very likely to ...

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

An asteroid first observed in late December 2024 is on track to pass by or collide with Earth in December 2032.

Scientists will observe the asteroid with increasingly large telescopes including the Gran Telescopio Canarias (Getty) ...

It’s a bit tight.” American space agency Nasa started formulating a test mission for deflecting an asteroid in 2015. A Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart), in ­September 2022, was ...