At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.

Scientists have ruled out any significant threat from asteroid 2024 YR4, confirming it will safely pass Earth in 2032.

Some astronomers have described it as a 'city killer' and say it could detonate with hundreds of times the force of the ...

Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, ...

The space rock that once posed the greatest risk of impact to Earth in recorded history now has a near zero chance of ...

An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into our ...

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 ...

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 ...

University of Hawaiʻi astronomers are helping track an asteroid once feared to pose a risk to Earth. Using telescopes on Mauna Kea on the Big Island, including the Canada-France-HawaiʻiTelescope, the ...

YR4 was recently upgraded to a level three threat on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, but its chances of impact are now nearly ...

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...

We continue to track it! — David Rankin (@asteroiddave.bsky.social) January 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM Currently, asteroid 2024 YR4 is rated 3 on the International Astronomical Union's Torino Impact ...