That’s the day an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 may strike our planet. Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an impact terribly likely. According to NASA, the odds of a collision are just 2.3%. But that nearly ...

This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade.

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the ...

Here's how scientists deflect asteroids after experts reveal exact locations where 'city destroyer' could hit.

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers ...

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

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

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.

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.