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

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.

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

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

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been ... after the notorious Apophis briefly hit a rating of 4 many when it was first discovered. The risk of Apophis impacting Earth during its 2029 flyby even rose as ...

In the unlikely scenario that the large asteroid does hit Earth, such an event won't necessarily ... during its unprecedented DART mission in 2022. But this was only a test on the non-threatening ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth have risen ... impactor to change its course (as NASA successfully did in 2022 with its DART mission), a gravity tractor (a spacecraft pulling ...

A recently discovered asteroid that has captured ... a slightly increased risk of affecting Earth. Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032 ...

The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. The asteroid 2024 YR4, which is expected to pass Earth in 2032, was ...

An asteroid recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years ... In September 2022, NASA demonstrated that it was possible to nudge an incoming asteroid ...

The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade ... for addressing that crisis. Indeed, in 2022 NASA successfully demonstrated a “Deep Impact”-inspired vehicle known as the Double ...

"The odds are very good that not only will this not hit Earth, but at some point in the next ... Rivkin led the investigation ...