An asteroid called 2024 YR4 has been identified - and it’s heading back toward Earth with a 3.1% chance of impact by December 22, 2032. That might sound small, but it’s 1 in 32 odds - worse than ...

Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032 (Audio) 4:16. This photo provided by NASA shows the Orionid meteors on Oct. 13, 2015.

This asteroid might not hit Earth in 2032 after all—here’s how we know. Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is due to pass within 2.8 million miles (3.5 million km) of Earth on June 5 and you can watch it happen live online.

World Asteroid Day is observed every year on June 30 to raise awareness about asteroids and the potential hazards they pose ...

Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032 The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more than 20 ...

To be clear: The asteroid is not going to hit us. There was a while there when it seemed like it could. Suffice to say those were heady days in the asteroid-tracking community. But as of March ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.