Latest observations slash collision probability for asteroid 2024 YR4 from 2.8% to 0.16%, but no further updates are possible until 2028.

NASA has been tracking the 100-metre-wide asteroid, called 2024 YR4, which was spotted by an automated telescope in Chile on ...

The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does ...

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

NASA has been changing the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in recent days, but the latest shift significantly downgrades the asteroid's threat level and makes a moon strike more likely.

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

And if it hits home, it could cause an explosion equivalent to 500 atomic bombs, putting around 110 million lives at risk ...

Space scientists at the world-famous agency calculated the odds in January of the 100-metre-wide giant rock called 2024 YR4 ...

Data shows the asteroid is the most threatening to Earth in modern forecasting and would cause "severe damage" to a region if ...

Nasa reports that asteroid 2024 YR4's impact risk has risen to 3.1%, with a potential Earth collision on December 22, 2032.

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