We're probably still safe from this space rock, but at the moment, the chances of having a very bad encounter in 2032 have ...

A space rock dubbed 2024 YR4 has a roughly 2.3% chance of smashing into our planet, NASA scientists announced.

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

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

NASA calculates a 2.3% chance of the asteroid, over 50 meters in size, impacting our planet. The Space Agency and NASA have recalculated their predictions, and the chances of the asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

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

YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...

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

The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...

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