Initially, the odds of a collision in 2032 were as high as 3 percent, making it a top concern on global asteroid risk lists.

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 ...

New observations of 2024 YR4 conducted with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) and ...

At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...

It is estimated that ~25 million meteoroids, micrometeoroids, and other space debris enter Earth’s atmosphere each day, and ...

NASA now says the rock - estimated at 40-90 metres across - poses "no significant impact risk to Earth in 2032 and beyond".

An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into our ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of colliding with Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, thanks to new ...

The odds that the space rock, 2024 YR4, will smash into our planet in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, leading astronomers to conclude that we are no longer in danger.

Earthlings can keep their plans seven years from now after scientists have officially declared Asteroid 2024 YR4 is not a ...