2024 YR4 was first discovered in December 2024. It's relatively small — just 130 to 300 feet (40 to 90 meters) across. But it's classified as an Apollo-type asteroid, meaning its orbit regularly ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once a potential Earth threat, likely originated from the main asteroid belt's central region, a surprising origin for Earth-crossing space rocks, a new study finds.

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.

For a few weeks in January and February this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 had us all worried. Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting ...

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.

The infamous 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4, which is large enough to destroy an entire city, still has a 2% chance of striking the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to scientists.

Astronomers have upped the odds that "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into the Moon, potentially causing a cloud of shrapnel that could impact Earth-orbiting satellites and other ...

An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it After weeks at the top of the CNEOS' Sentry list of objects of concern, 2024 YR4 has seen a steady drop in recent days.

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 ...

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.