YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

If a space rock of this size were to strike Earth, it could cause significant regional damage — similar to the 2013 ...

“When it’s brightest, Venus appears as an eerily eye-catching beacon,“ EarthSky wrote. ”Many mistake it for a UFO. It’s ...

Measuring 40-100 metres wide, 2024 YR4 will most certainly zoom past the Earth at a very close distance, but what has people ...

Blue whales can sing low enough to remain undetected by killer whales, tarantulas can run just as fast with six legs as they ...

However, this risk has now been raised to 2.3 percent. The ongoing increase in the probability of danger is also continuously ...

"While still an extremely low possibility, asteroid 2024 YR4's impact probability with Earth has increased from about 1% to a ...

Scientists are utilising powerful technology to track a comet that could crash into Earth. CNN’s Patrick Cornell reports the James Webb Space Telescope is taking on a new space case helping protect ...

Astronomers worldwide are tracking a massive space rock hurtling through our solar system. The odds of Earth being hit by the ...

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes rush to tra ...

YR4 was first reported to the Minor Planet Center – the international clearing house for small body positional measurements – ...

Here is NASA's prediction as what asteroid 2024 YR4 looks like, as the date and location of a potential 2032 collision are ...