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

Experts in science have revealed the potential impact locations for asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1-in-83 chance of striking ...

A terrifying new animation has revealed the projected path of the 'city-destroying' asteroid heading towards Earth.

Now experts have modelled what the possible impact of 2024 YR4 – equal to 15,000,000 tons of TNT – could look like.

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

The threat comes as new observations suggest the asteroid’s chance of collision has risen to 1-in-43, up from about 1% in ...

The likelihood of a colossal asteroid, measuring between 60 to 100 metres in width, colliding with Earth in 2032 has doubled.

The probability of the recently discovered asteroid, which is expected to make a close pass close to Earth in 2032, has ...