The asteroid — which was initially discovered in December 2024 — is large enough to destroy a whole city, according to ...

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

New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to ...

Even in the increasingly unlikely event of an impact from YR4, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest appear to be safe from impact ...

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

Media reports suggest that NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) remains committed to keeping a close watch on asteroid 2024 YR4. Even w ...

While the asteroid's possibly collision with earth wouldn't be until 2032, there's been a lot of talk about the possibility ...

New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...

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

NASA has been changing the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in recent days, but the latest shift significantly ...

The chances a ‘city killer’ asteroid will crash into Earth in seven years’ time have fallen, NASA has said. Scientists have ...

For several years, astronomers have been aware of a much-ballyhooed “city-killer” asteroid named YR4 2024, which is hurtling ...