YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...

NASA data released Tuesday said there is now a 3.1 percent chance a "city-destroying" asteroid could smash into Earth in 2032. The asteroid named 2024 YR4 is being carefully monitored by the ...

"This is not the dinosaur killer. This is not the planet killer. This is the worst case for at most a city." This follows the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN), which issued a warning ...

This is not the dinosaur killer. This is not the planet killer. This is at most dangerous for a city.” (FILES) This handout picture provided by NASA on January 31, 2025 shows asteroid 2024 YR4 as ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...

The odds that “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike our planet ... “This is not the dinosaur killer. This is not the planet killer. This is at most dangerous for a city.” ...

“It’s a city-killer, that’s what ... likely impact site of the 6-mile-wide asteroid that 65 million years ago caused the extinction of not only the dinosaurs but 75% of Earth’s species ...

Unlike the six-mile-wide (10-kilometer-wide) asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, 2024 YR4 is classified as a "city killer" -- not a global catastrophe, but still capable of ...

Unlike the 10km-wide asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, 2024 YR4 is classified as a “city killer” – not a global catastrophe, but still capable of causing ...