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

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth have fallen once again, now to 0.28%, NASA announced on Thursday.

After creating panic across the globe over its 'city-killer' tag, Asteroid 2024 YR4 predicted to hit Earth ‘in 2032 seems to have offered some respite. NASA says the impact risk has reduced.

An asteroid which has a one in 32 chance of hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a city has been caught on camera.

So, why has this asteroid been getting so much attention, and why has there been so much uncertainty about its chances of ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

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

The European Space Agency says there’s now just a 0.16 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will impact our planet.

NASA’s double-asteroid redirection test, launched in 2022, was an actual experiment in space. It sent a rocket to strike an ...

While the chances of 2024 YR4 hitting Earth decreased, the risk of it colliding with the moon went up slightly.

The James Webb Space Telescope, which has an infrared eye that allows it to track the asteroid further out than optical light ...

The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does ...