Scientists have nearly ruled out any threat from Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was previously believed to have a 3.1 per cent chance of hitting Earth.

The year 2028 will be the next opportunity to observe the asteroid as it returns to an observable distance for Earth-based ...

Apophis initially had a small chance to hit Earth on Sept. 13, 2024, but did not. The International Asteroid Warning Network put out a list of possible impact locations, which ranges from ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine just how likely it is to strike Earth in 2032.

The risk of the asteroid hitting Earth has fallen from 3 per cent to 0.002 per cent in a matter of days, but if the chance can shift so quickly, can it go up again?

YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but as astronomers make more observations about its trajectory, the odds of ...

As best as anyone can tell, if any hazardously sized asteroid were to hit Earth in the relatively near ... are essentially giant spherical mirrors floating about in space—very easy to spot.

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

Apophis initially had a small chance to hit Earth on Sept. 13, 2024, but did not. While still an extremely low possibility, asteroid 2024 YR4's impact probability with Earth has increased from ...