The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Two weeks ago, when Ars first wrote about the asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies ...

There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton ...

Recent reports of a potential asteroid impact have sparked widespread concern on Chinese social media, with many voicing ...

NASA has announced that their calculations regarding an asteroid collision with Earth have shown the impact to be more likely than previously believed. The asteroid 2024 YR4 was first identified in ...

The asteroid, discovered in December 2024, is believed to measure between 40 metres and 90 metres. It was first given a ...

The calculated likelihood of the asteroid hitting Earth has increased since first being detected in 2024. While it could hit Earth on 22 December 2032, it is most ... chance of impact than first ...

But now, the odds have nearly doubled, according to a recent ... Tunguska asteroid did in 1908. That space rock was about the same size as YR4, and caused the most explosive impact in recorded ...

An asteroid is headed towards the Earth - but it’s probably not time to panic just yet. In recent days ... In some ways, 2024 YR4 is one of the most worrying asteroids we have ever encountered.