Astronomers are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a slim 1.2% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032.

UN planetary defence organisations are closely monitoring an asteroid that has a tiny risk of hitting the Earth. The European ...

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

NASA and ESA warn of a 1.2% chance that asteroid 2024YR4 could collide with Earth in 2032. Find out what scientists are doing ...

NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Chile first detected asteroid 2024 YR4. Estimated to be between 40 ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.

The space rock, dubbed 2024 YR4, could pose a threat to Earth with over 1% chance of hitting us on December 22, 2032.

The asteroid, named Asteroid 2024 YR4, has a 1.3 per cent – or one in 83 – chance of striking Earth on December 22 in 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is between 120 to 270 metres in diameter, and travelling at approximately 19.14 km/s (68,904 km/h). The ...