NASA now says the rock - estimated at 40-90 metres across - poses "no significant impact risk to Earth in 2032 and beyond".

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

NASA has announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses a threat to Earth. Initial calculations suggested a potential ...

The impact probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 has just been raised to 3.1%—the highest ever recorded for a near-Earth object!

Earthlings can keep their plans seven years from now after scientists have officially declared Asteroid 2024 YR4 is not a ...

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

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

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of colliding with Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, thanks to new ...

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

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 ...

Scientists worldwide had dubbed asteroid YR 4 as a ‘city killer’ due to its estimated size that ranged between 40 meters and ...