NASA has identified asteroid 2024 YR4 with a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth on 22 December 2032. While the probability remains ...

YR4 was first reported to the Minor Planet Center by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile on January 27, 2025.

The odds keep growing that an asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will collide with Earth in seven years, according to ...

When it was first discovered, YR4 had a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth. It increased to 1-in-67, then 1-in-53, then to 1-in ...