In December 2032, the Earth could be hit by the asteroid 2024 YR4. The first alarming predictions have been refined. The ...

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: After estimating an initial 3.1 per cent impact probability, Nasa's latest calculations revealed that the asteroid 2024 YR4 has near-zero chances of hitting Earth in 2032 ...

Scientists are warning that if heat-trapping pollution continues to rise, sea levels will very likely climb half a meter to ...

Panic over: the ‘city killer’ asteroid at risk of slamming into Earth like a grenade is now overwhelmingly likely to pass on ...

NASA has given a major update on the ’city-killing’ asteroid which has been hurtling towards Earth – and it finally makes for ...

The impact probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 has just been raised to 3.1%—the highest ever recorded for a near-Earth object! Scientists are closely monitoring this space rock’s trajectory, speed, and ...

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

United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at ...

The odds that the space rock, 2024 YR4, will smash into our planet in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, leading astronomers to conclude that we are no longer in danger.

The latest calculations show Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses next to no threat on impacting Earth. The impact probability was as high as 3.1%, but has now dropped to 0.004%. This decrease comes after ...

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