The chances that an asteroid, known as 2024 YR4 ... shrink so much that it no longer overlaps with Earth, and the chances of 2024 YR4 hitting our planet will become zero. The current trajectory ...

is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. On Tuesday, NASA calculated that the space rock had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, while the European Space Agency's risk assessment sits at 2.8%.

Among the more than 37,000 known large space rocks, it's the only one right now with any chance of hitting Earth anytime soon. Initial projections gave the asteroid little more than a 1% chance ...

This image made available by University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert ... much that it no longer overlaps with Earth, and the chances of 2024 YR4 hitting our planet will become zero.

Measuring 1,148 feet (350 meters) in diameter, Apophis was previously considered one of the most hazardous asteroids, with a chance of hitting ... with Earth. The rating meant that the asteroid ...

Called 2024 YR4, the near-Earth asteroid initially carried a 1% chance of hitting land when NASA and the European Space Agency first announced its existence last month. Protocols require the ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...