That’s the day an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 may strike our planet. Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an impact terribly likely.

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

The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, according to a NASA update on Feb.

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

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

Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

A nearly 98 percent chance it won’t hit us is pretty good. Second, while that’s definitely a massive rock, it’s not like a ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

Engaging articles, breathtaking images and expert knowledge Issues delivered straight to your door What would happen if Earth ...

An asteroid first observed in late December 2024 is on track to pass by or collide with Earth in December 2032.

Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks ...

The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. The ...