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

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

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

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers say not to fret.

This dangerous asteroid will be the target of observations by the James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomers will use the ...

Interest is swirling in a recently spotted asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 – though the odds have increased slightly over the last few weeks. NASA has made it clear that ...

An asteroid ... Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the ESA said a previous statement about 2024 YR4. If the asteroid does hit the planet ...

The likelihood has increased to 2.1%. MORE: There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA The overall probability may be low, but a 2% chance of an asteroid ...

As best as anyone can tell, if any hazardously sized asteroid were to hit Earth in the relatively ... just two days after it zipped right past Earth, NASA and the European Space Agency’s sky ...

It's actually good news that NASA ... going to hit," Eric Christensen, the director of the near-Earth object-seeking Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, previously told Mashable. If the asteroid ...

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 ...