A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

No, or at least not because of the 2024 YR asteroid. First off, there is currently only about a one-in-43 chance that this ...

An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...

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Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

A report published in Science Advances details when the asteroid could collide with Earth and the destruction it would cause.

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Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

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

Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

The risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth seems to be creeping up as astronomers gather more data, but does that mean we ...