"While still an extremely low possibility, asteroid 2024 YR4's impact probability with Earth has increased from about 1% to a ...

ATLANTA — The chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth has doubled, now sitting at 2.3 percent. The headlines alone can make one nervous. So, is it something to be concerned about?

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

Initial projections estimated a 1% chance of collision, but recent calculations have doubled those odds to 2.3%. Scientists admit, however, that much remains unknown about the asteroid's size and ...

China has initiated the formation of a planetary defence team to address the potential danger posed by near-Earth asteroids.

A NASA scientist has predicted where a huge asteroid - the size of Big Ben - could potentially hit Earth in seven years' time ...