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

The odds of a newly discovered asteroid '2024 YR4' crashing into Earth are rising according to scientists. Here's what to know and where it can hit.

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

Scientists have found an asteroid that might smash into the Earth in December 2032. That's less than eight short years away, ...

NASA calculates a 2.3% chance of the asteroid, over 50 meters in size, impacting our planet. The Space Agency and NASA have recalculated their predictions, and the chances of the asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

The potential impact would occur on Dec. 22, 2032. It’s much too soon to know where it might land if it did hit Earth.

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

The latest calculations show that the asteroid known as "2024 YR4" has an increased chance of striking our planet in Dec.

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

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

"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.