Astronomers have captured a new image of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 1 in 48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

An incredible simulation has shown exactly what would happen if a 'city killer' asteroid was to hit Earth. That's right, a ...

YR4 is currently being monitored by NASA and the European Space Agency, with the space rock potentially set to strike Earth ...

Here's how scientists deflect asteroids after experts reveal exact locations where 'city destroyer' could hit.

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

According to the latest calculations from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, there is a 1.6 percent chance the asteroid will strike Earth on December 22, 2032. If it does hit, possible impact sites ...

"We are not worried at all, because of this 99% chance it will miss," said Paul Chodas, director of ... the asteroid also ventured close. If scientists can find the space rock in images from ...

The odds of a 'city-killer' asteroid smashing into the Earth on December 22, 2032 appear to have ticked up slightly. NASA previously estimated that Asteroid 2024 YR4, a nearly 200-foot-wide space ...

Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 1.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, the European Space Agency and NASA have found. But that also means the space rock has a nearly 99% chance ...