First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to ...

YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 as it heads towards Earth. Should we be worried about it? Here's what ...

Astronomers confirmed the object as a near-Earth asteroid, and catalogued it as 2024 YR4. But additional calculations soon ...

The nearly 200-foot space rock has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever,’ says ...

Update: Odds have slightly increased to 1 in 83. This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly ...

NASA says there's a tiny chance it could collide with Earth, and it's much too soon to know where that impact could be.

The next close approach of asteroid 2024 YR4 is projected for December 22, 2032, when it may pose a potential danger, with an ...

NASA's successful experiment in knocking an asteroid off course could come in handy in 2032. Astronomers say an asteroid ...

Astronomers have spotted a space rock an estimated 200 feet in length that they say could soon be headed for Earth. As the New York Times reports, the rock, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a 1.3 percent chance ...

Should the asteroid remain on a collision path, it would likely have a velocity of 17.34 km/sec. (10.7 mph/sec.) when first ...