The chances of the asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 appear to have doubled, but an asteroid hunter explains to ...

Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

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

The unassuming asteroid was first spotted in December by scientists at the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert ...

YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...

NASA has released the first video of asteroid 2024 YR4, a 200-foot-wide space rock that has a 1.3% chance of striking Earth ...

SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth.

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

NASA has revealed that the chances of the city-destroying asteroid known as '2024 YR4' hitting Earth when it passes by in 2032 have increased.

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

NASA warns that the odds of the 'city-destroying' asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth have increased to a one in 43 chance.