NASA researchers say they've found what could be the key to how life on earth began and flourished. A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, NASA reports. Astronomers all over the world are watching the asteroid, trying to narrow down its future path.

The asteroid 2024 YR4 as seen by the 8.1 meter Gemini South telescope on Feb. 7, 2025 (Image credit: Catalina Sky Survey/LPL/Dr. Wierzchos/Bryce Bolin) "We took 12 200-second long exposures in the ...

The asteroid, known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, was first reported to the Minor Planet Center on Dec. 27, 2024. At the time, initial estimate said it had a 1.2% chance of striking Earth.

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 hit a record high. Experts expect the risk percentage to fluctuate before likely dropping to zero. Here’s why.

NASA just increased the odds that "city-killer" asteroid YR4 2024 will strike our planet in 2032. The space agency claimed that the dangerous space rock now has a 1-in-38, or 2.6%, chance of ...

Nation/World The odds of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting earth just changed again. This time for the better Updated: Feb. 21, 2025, 1:48 p.m. | Published: Feb. 21, 2025, 1: ...

Estimated to measure 196 feet (60 meters) wide, Asteroid 2024 YR4 is roughly the size of the asteroid responsible for 1908's Tunguska event. That event flattened 80 million trees across a 2,150 ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

A recently discovered asteroid has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.