YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...

The odds of a newly discovered asteroid '2024 YR4' crashing into Earth are rising according to scientists. Here's what to know and where it can hit.

Astronomers are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a slim 1.2% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032.

Researchers from Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey discovered what has become known as Asteroid 2024 YR4 last Christmas. On January 28, the asteroid was placed at level 3 in the Torino impact hazard ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

Scientists have found an asteroid that might smash into the Earth in December 2032. That's less than eight short years away, ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 certainly does not pose an existential ... spied the asteroid two days after the rock, on Christmas, made its closest approach to Earth. It was roughly twice as far away from ...

NASA calculates a 2.3% chance of the asteroid, over 50 meters in size, impacting our planet. The Space Agency and NASA have recalculated their predictions, and the chances of the asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, researchers say. Discovered last Christmas by Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey, the asteroid is ...

This “near Earth asteroid” — now called 2024 YR4 — was initially discovered ... and came the closest to our planet on Christmas Day. But be at ease, reader: While scientists last week ...