February has been all about important updates— from BMC's largest-ever budget of ₹74,427 crore for 2025-26 to Maharashtra ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

What to know about 2024 YR4: Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth. What is asteroid 2024 YR4 and why are scientists paying attention to it?

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s ...

The chances that an asteroid, known as 2024 YR4, could hit Earth in seven years have fluctuated recently, but experts aren’t preparing for the worst yet. At the end of 2024, a NASA-funded ...

Astronomers are closely watching an asteroid that has a small probability of hitting Earth in less than eight years. On Thursday, NASA decreased the asteroid's impact probability to 0.3% ...

In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis, after new telescope observations ruled out any chance of it hitting Earth in 2068. Should we worry about ...

Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 131 ... “Tiny asteroids do hit the Earth all the time, disintegrating in the atmosphere as fireballs; fortunately small ...

Astronomers have spotted an asteroid with a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be about 40-90 meters wide, big enough to cause local devastation but not ...