A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

The potential impact would occur on Dec. 22, 2032. It’s much too soon to know where it might land if it did hit Earth.

The threat of Asteroid 2024 YR4 has not gone away just yet. The near-Earth object was discovered in December and calculations of its orbit showed something concerning: there was a remote possibility ...

The near-Earth ne’er-do-wells make up NASA ... means a 98.4% chance the asteroid misses Earth). In second position on Sentry’s table is 29075 (1950 DA), which is much less likely to hit ...

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.

Astronomers say there is a 2.3% chance an asteroid nearly as big as the Statue of Liberty will smash into the Earth in 2032.

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...