YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see ...

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

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...

The world’s top astronomers are closely watching an asteroid they say has a 2.3% chance of hitting earth in 2032 - up from ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking asteroid 2025 CG, set to pass Earth safely today at about 1.3 million miles away. Though small, its high speed and proximity classify it as a near ...

While that may sound far, in terms of the cosmos, it’s a close approach. NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) kept close track of the asteroid’s trajectory with radar and optical ...

Experts note that such fluctuations in impact probabilities are normal in the asteroid tracking process. As new observations are made, predictions will be refined. Space agencies like NASA and ESA ...

The European Space Agency says the asteroid could destroy a city and has a 2.2 per cent chance of hitting Earth.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered in December 2024, and like most newly discovered near-Earth objects (NEOs), its exact trajectory and potential for impact were initially uncertain. Astronomers, ...