Astronomers have identified a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, which has a small but concerning chance of colliding with ...

NASA's successful experiment in knocking an asteroid off course could come in handy in 2032. Astronomers say an asteroid ...

The nearly 200-foot space rock has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever,’ says ...

A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size of a football pitch is on course to smash into Earth at Christmas time in ...

A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, may strike Earth in December 22, 2032, according to Nasa. Just in time for Christmas. The space rock is between 130 feet and 330 feet long, so about the size of ...

An asteroid the size of a football pitch could hit the Earth in seven years, astronomers have warned. The rocky object, ...

First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to ...

NASA says there's a tiny chance it could collide with Earth, and it's much too soon to know where that impact could be.

YR4 were to strike, the consequences could be severe. ESA estimates that an asteroid of this size collides with Earth every few thousand years, with the potential to cause significant destruction.

Space agency officials have announced a newly-discovered asteroid has a slight chance of colliding with Earth in 2032.