It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 will swing close to Earth in 2032. The chances of an impact remain low — but with relatively limited observations so far, the odds are in flux.

YR4 could hit Earth in 2032, but the chances are currently tiny based on the latest observations by the scientific community.

Astronomers are working to reduce the uncertainty about the asteroid’s orbit and rule out any impact risk, but it will fade from view from Earth in a few months.

Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

NASA and other world-leading space agencies are putting the most powerful eyes in the night sky on asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly discovered threat to Earth.

YR4 has a 2.2% chance of striking Earth in seven years, but recent updates keep pushing the odds in the wrong direction.

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...