New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

Initially, the odds of a collision in 2032 were as high as 3 percent, making it a top concern on global asteroid risk lists.

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

Earth is no longer on a collision course with asteroid 2024 YR4, but it could potentially collide with the Moon. After weeks ...

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...

Scientists emphasize that this case highlights the importance of continuous asteroid tracking. Advanced monitoring helps ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting our planet are now zero. Last week, it was the riskiest asteroid to hit our planet ...

Recent observations have significantly lowered the impact risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 with Earth. Initially estimated with a 3% chance, new data from the European Southern Observatory shows the ...

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

The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the ...

At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.

NASA has confirmed asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses any risk to Earth, downgrading it to Torino Scale Level Zero.