At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.
Scientists have ruled out any significant threat from asteroid 2024 YR4, confirming it will safely pass Earth in 2032.
Some astronomers have described it as a 'city killer' and say it could detonate with hundreds of times the force of the ...
NASA & ESA confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth in 2032, with impact odds near zero. However, there's a 1.7% chance it could hit the Moon.
Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, ...
The space rock that once posed the greatest risk of impact to Earth in recorded history now has a near zero chance of ...
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into our ...
The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 ...
University of Hawaiʻi astronomers are helping track an asteroid once feared to pose a risk to Earth. Using telescopes on Mauna Kea on the Big Island, including the Canada-France-HawaiʻiTelescope, the ...
In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. Whats ...
NASA has issued a new update on whether asteroid 2024 YR4 is going to collide with Earth in 2032 after fears sparked of a low ...
YR4 was recently upgraded to a level three threat on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, but its chances of impact are now nearly ...