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," ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

The other is asteroid 99942, better known as “Apophis” — named after the Egyptian god of chaos — which may potentially threaten Earth in 2029, 2036 or 2068. 2024 YR4, which is reckoned to ...

The only other asteroid to score higher on the Torino scale is 99942 Apophis, which briefly had a rating of 4 on the Torino scale in late 2004. Its threat is now just a zero on the scale after ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4’s rating of 3 may be the second-highest an asteroid has ever reached after the notorious Apophis briefly hit a rating of 4 many years ago, but future data is expected to drop ...

In the case of Apophis, further observations eventually allowed astronomers in 2021 to rule out the possibility of an impact when the asteroid makes a close flyby to Earth in 2029 and again in 2036.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of consternation because it carries an uncommonly high risk of colliding into Earth. It's the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first ...

The object, classified as a near-Earth asteroid because its orbit would bring it within 30 million miles of Earth, is the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first discovered the ...