Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

YR4 was first discovered in December last year by a telescope in Chile. The near-Earth asteroid is as big as a football field ...

An asteroid discovered in 2024 has been placed at level 3 on the Torino impact scale, with a small chance of impact with ...

Astronomers have identified a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, which has a small but concerning chance of colliding with ...

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

2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 last year through the ATLAS telescope in Chile. The probability of this asteroid colliding ...

The 60-metre object has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever’, says astronomer ...

Astronomers have identified a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, which has a small but concerning ... was first spotted on Christmas Day by a telescope in Chile specializing in tracking near ...

Astronomers have identified a 100-meter-wide asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, with a 1.3% probability of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032. This discovery has prompted an unprecedented global ...