However, observations made of the asteroid on February 19-20 have further decreased its chance of Earth impact to 0.28%.

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An asteroid named 2024 YR4, measuring between 40 to 90 metres wide, has drawn global attention due to its fluctuating ...

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

The chance that a city-killer asteroid will impact Earth in 2032 is steadily rising. Here's what you need to know.

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger ...

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.

Two weeks ago, when Ars first wrote about the asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies ...

While we all know the time an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, it was only a century ago that we saw the largest space-related explosion in human history. The Tunguska Event occurred on June 30 ...

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

Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.