Initially, the odds of a collision in 2032 were as high as 3 percent, making it a top concern on global asteroid-risk lists.

New observations of 2024 YR4 conducted with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) and ...

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

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...

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

YR4, once considered a potential threat to Earth, is now unlikely to hit in 2032, as new data and observations significantly ...

Risk to planet from 2024 YR4, a football pitch-sized space rock, has been ‘significantly’ downgraded… but the Moon remains in ...

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

But after reaching the top of NASA's asteroid risk list, the chances of YR4, which is estimated to measure 130-300 feet ...

It is estimated that ~25 million meteoroids, micrometeoroids, and other space debris enter Earth’s atmosphere each day, and ...

There’s still a 1.7 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA.

What are the odds the asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth? NASA’s early detection programme will probably bring more false ...