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

It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 will swing close to Earth in 2032. The chances of an impact remain ...

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

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

YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short ...

The near-earth object first discovered in 2024 has stirred up conversation on social media because of the potential for an ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...

NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has calculated a 2.3% chance—roughly a 1-in-43 probability—that asteroid ...

YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...