The year 2028 will be the next opportunity to observe the asteroid as it returns to an observable distance for Earth-based ...

As experts learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, they've confirmed that the odds of impact are expected to rise slightly before it's expected – and hoped – to drop to zero.

Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...

YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but as astronomers make more observations about its trajectory, the odds of ...

discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December of 2032, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies. South polar region of the giant asteroid ...

In brief: The James Webb Space Telescope has been "recruited" to take a closer look at asteroid 2024 YR4. The giant space object, composed of rock, dust, and possibly other materials, now has a 1 ...

The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

Nasa hopes to continue to study the giant space rock and expects its chances ... a spacecraft to alter its path around 2030. The asteroid 2024 YR4 is expected to pass by Earth safely again in ...

NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon ...