The asteroid, named Asteroid 2024 YR4, has a 1.3 per cent – or one in 83 – chance of striking Earth on December 22 in 2032.

NASA is keeping a close eye on three vehicle-sized asteroids that will make close approaches to Earth today. The trio was ...

The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour ...

YR4 was first discovered in December last year by a telescope in Chile. The near-Earth asteroid is as big as a football field ...

YR₄ has now been observed hundreds of times, but an impact still cannot be ruled out. The first images are also available.

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

NASA has issued an alert for three near-Earth objects (NEOs) set to pass by Earth on 3 February 2025. While these asteroids ...

NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...