The threat posed by the space rock, estimated to be between 40 and 90 metres in diameter, is the highest ever recorded for an ...

NASA data released Tuesday said there is now a 3.1 percent chance a "city-destroying" asteroid could smash into Earth in 2032 ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 2.6 per cent chance of hitting Earth on 22 December, 2032, making it the biggest ...

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NASA has reduced the likelihood of Earth being hit by a huge asteroid from the highest-ever impact probability for an object of its size. NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, or CNEOS, says ...

NASA has downgraded the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 0.28 per cent, way lower than the 1.5 per cent it had predicted only days ago, and certainly far more heartening than the ...

Artist's conception of the DART spacecraft approaching the Didymos asteroid system before deflecting the Dimorphos moonlet ...

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

The one silver lining is that Dr. Rankin’s forecast is slightly less dire than current estimates, which assert that YR4 has a ...

The one silver lining is that Dr. Rankin’s forecast is slightly less dire than current estimates, which assert that YR4 has a 2.3 per cent chance of hitting our planet, putting it at the top of NASA’s ...

Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.