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.

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

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance ...

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 ...

Here's what to know about the asteroid 2024 YR4 and it's chances of hitting Earth: Asteroids:Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in 2029 – on a Friday the 13th Asteroid 2024 YR4 was ...

These images of asteroid Apophis were recorded in March 2021 by radio antennas at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex in California and the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia.

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 ...