The agency also shared that the new data suggested that the asteroid had a 1.7% chance of hitting the moon, but those slight odds of impact do not pose a risk to Earth. “When first discovered ...

A week ago, the asteroid set a new record for having the highest probability of hitting Earth – 3.1 percent according to NASA, and 2.8 percent according to the ESA. The planetary defence ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted ...

What's significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Since its discovery, the asteroid's probability of an impact with our planet has gone all ...

After months of increasing odds, the space agency has now revealed that the asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a negligible chance of hitting the planet in 2032. According to NASA's Sentry impact ...

NASA has reassured the public that asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses any threat to Earth. Initially, the asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of impact, making it a Level 3 risk on the Torino Scale.

A few weeks ago, Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines for being surprisingly likely to hit Earth in the next several years. After peaking at an impact likelihood of about 3%, additional data was ...

A week ago, the asteroid set a new record for having the highest probability of hitting Earth – 3.1% according to Nasa and 2.8% according to the ESA. The planetary defence community has been ...

NASA scientists previously estimated that the odds of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 could rise to 20 percent, but the agency never told the public. A statistical analysis ...