The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...

YR4 were to strike Earth, the energy released could be equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT, capable of devastating an area the ...

There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton ...

There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight ...

A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...

Netflix fans are speculating that the reality as we know it will become closer to a well-known sci-fi comedy as the chance of ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring asteroid YR4 ... Even if YR4 were to impact Earth, the chances of it hitting a densely populated area are even lower. Scientists continue to track its trajectory ...

Because the chance of an ­asteroid the size of a football pitch hitting Earth on that date has just ... sound like something out of the Hollywood movies Armageddon or Deep Impact.

This plan echoes that of the 1998 disaster movie Armageddon ... successfully changing its orbit. Earth is directly hit by an asteroid similar in size to 2024YR4 once every few thousand years.

If there's still a greater than 1 percent probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth ... Fans of Hollywood movies know there's a nuclear option for dealing with an asteroid coming toward us.