NASA increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, on Tuesday, but they're now back down to 1 ...

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

The potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 caused consternation over the last few weeks as its odds of hitting Earth in 2032 dramatically rose. Now, those odds have plummeted to near-zero, as ...

Astronomers say the 2024 YR4 asteroid still has a 97% chance of missing Earth in 2032, but the now 3.1% chance it will hit ...

A space rock the size of a shopping mall, named 2024 YR4, is zooming through the solar system at more than 10 kilometers per ...

YR4 asteroid is being closely monitored with a 3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 - higher than any other in recorded history ...

While finding massive metallic rocks in space is relatively easy, asteroids that are just ten metres in size are far harder ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

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