YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to ...
NASA announced Wednesday that the odds of the up to 300-foot-wide asteroid hitting Earth dropped from record highs. See where ...
The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger ...
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...
Even in the increasingly unlikely event of an impact from YR4, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest appear to be safe from impact ...
Latest observations slash collision probability for asteroid 2024 YR4 from 2.8% to 0.16%, but no further updates are possible until 2028.
While the asteroid's possibly collision with earth wouldn't be until 2032, there's been a lot of talk about the possibility ...
For several years, astronomers have been aware of a much-ballyhooed “city-killer” asteroid named YR4 2024, which is hurtling ...
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...