YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 have again risen, though the risk remains tiny, astronomers say. Here's what to ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking Earth eight years from now.

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

YR4, which was discovered in December 2024, currently has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, according to NASA. The percentage was initially calculated at just 1%, and scientists say that ...

At the end of 2024, a NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted 2024 YR4 and a month later scientists concluded there was a more than 1% chance the asteroid would ...

Nasa Warns The Chances 'Asteroid Yr4' Hitting Earth In 2032 Just Shot Up Something big is lurking in the darkness of space, ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...