A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

The odds of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth early in about eight years time has gone up. Here's why astronomers are ...

YR4 is currently rated a 3 out of 10 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, which signals a close approach and the need for ...

NASA and ESA warn of a 1.2% chance that asteroid 2024YR4 could collide with Earth in 2032. Find out what scientists are doing ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven years, the co-lead of NASA's DART mission says a small spacecraft could deflect the space rock's course.

Astronomers are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a slim 1.2% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032.

A new climate modeling study published in the journal Science Advances by researchers from the IBS Center for Climate Physics ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.