The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the ...
The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...
At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
NASA announced Wednesday that the odds of the up to 300-foot-wide asteroid hitting Earth dropped from record highs. See where ...
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...
NASA said Wednesday that new data collected overnight cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. The ...
NASA and other space agencies are attempting to come up with a way to destroy a massive asteroid unlikely to strike Earth.
The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...
While the asteroid's possibly collision with earth wouldn't be until 2032, there's been a lot of talk about the possibility ...
YR4 was initially discovered late last year and is believed to measure between 130 and 300 feet across, comparable to the ...