NASA announced the reduced impact risk on its X feed at around 5:00 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) on Wednesday (Feb. 19). The updated ...

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

NASA first discovered “2024 YR4,” the 130-to-300-foot-wide asteroid, in December 2024, and found it only had roughly a 1 ...

The odds that a potentially destructive asteroid will collide with Earth in 2032 have increased once again, NASA says, but ...

YR4 has caught the attention of astronomers as its 2032 impact probability has risen to 2.6%—the highest ever recorded! While ...

YR4, estimated to be 130 to 300 feet wide (40 to 100 metres), now has a 1.5% chance of colliding with Earth in December 2032.

Astronomers are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which once had the highest recorded impact probability for its size.

Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. NASA has calculated that the ...

A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...