In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough ...

Those worrying about the 2 percent likelihood of 2024 YR4 — a near-Earth asteroid discovered in December 2024 — colliding ...

On Tuesday, astronomers reported that 2024 YR4's probability of colliding with Earth increased to approximately 3%, which is ...

YR4, dubbed a 'city killer' by experts, now has a higher risk of hitting the planet than any other in recent history ...

The latest update has resulted in the probability of a potential collision with the city-destroying space rock surpassing the threat once posed by 99942 Apophis, aka the ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid.

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 vs Apophis: A smaller asteroid poses bigger airburst risk 2024 YR4 has outpaced the previous threat of collision on Earth posed by asteroid 99942 Apophis originally having a 2.7% ...

The only other asteroid to score higher on the Torino scale is 99942 Apophis, which briefly had a rating of 4 on the Torino scale in late 2004. Its threat is now just a zero on the scale after ...

NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) officially raised the risk of 2024 YR4's collision in 2032 by 0.5 per ...

A 'city killer' asteroid is currently moving away from our planet but is expected to alter its trajectory in the coming years ...