Latest observations slash collision probability for asteroid 2024 YR4 from 2.8% to 0.16%, but no further updates are possible until 2028.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential threat to Earth with a 1.5% impact chance in December 2032. Major cities like Mumbai, ...

YR4 asteroid has a small chance of it hitting Earth in 2032 and University of Oxford's Professor Stephen Smartt has weighed ...

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

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New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...

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Upon its discovery, automated asteroid warning systems calculated a 3.1% chance of 2024 YR4 impacting Earth on 22nd December ...

NASA is monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, a near-Earth object with the highest recorded impact probability. Here’s what we know ...

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