Scientists across the world, including some in Arizona, are keeping an eye on an asteroid that has a very slim chance of ...

On Feb. 7, the asteroid’s chances of hitting our planet grew to 2.3 percent, and as of Feb. 18, there’s a 3.1 percent chance ...

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

The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the ...

The asteroid's impact probability with ... populated areas to densely populated areas. Possible impact locations extend across the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern South America, the Atlantic ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, approximately the size of the Statue of Liberty, may impact Earth on December 22, 2032. The probability of collision is 2.3% as per reports. This threat necessitates careful ...

The asteroid's possible impact could release energy 500 times ... Rankin said that the risk corridor runs from north South America, over the Pacific Ocean, south Asia, the Arabian Sea, and parts ...

If 2024 YR4 strikes Earth, it has been calculated to do so somewhere on a path across the eastern Pacific Ocean ... It was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System two ...

In late December of 2024, um, *** NASA funded near Earth asteroid survey, the one that, you know, I operate called Atlas, uh, discovered an asteroid that as it came by the Earth, uh, this time ...

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is still quite slim.New ...