Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...

No, or at least not because of the 2024 YR asteroid. First off, there is currently only about a one-in-43 chance that this ...

A newly discovered asteroid being tracked by the global science community has a nearly 98% chance of zooming by Earth without ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

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

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.

The asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago and led to the extinction of dinosaurs was estimated to be about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) in diameter and marked the last known large ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with ... in diameter and marked the last known large asteroid to hit the planet. Given the small but not impossible chance of Bennu’s potential ...

The internet is currently swimming with talk about an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. "Could" is a stretch, however, as scientists currently estimate those chances are 2.3%, according to ...