The risk of an asteroid hitting Earth has doubled in a week – but there are no plans yet to build a spacecraft to ­deflect the football pitch-sized rock. A 90-metre-wide space rock passed Earth on ...

YR4, a newly found near-Earth perilous object, has a small chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032. Measuring 40–90m ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

A recently discovered asteroid that has captured the attention of the astronomy community now has a slightly increased risk of affecting ...

Many fear a newly discovered asteroid could cause major natural disasters and an explosion '500x bigger than Hiroshima' if it ...

It is one of the most topical issues in recent weeks: the possible impact of asteroid 2024 YR4 with Earth in 2032. This asteroid has a diameter between 40 and 100 meters and has a ...

Initially, the probability of an impact was 1 in 83, which represented a 1.2% chance of collision. The odds have now increased to 1 in 43, or a 2.3% chance of impact.

Astronomers are closely observing asteroid 2024 YR4, which has an increasing but still low chance of impacting Earth in 2032.