The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...

An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the ...

Risk to planet from 2024 YR4, a football pitch-sized space rock, has been ‘significantly’ downgraded… but the Moon remains in ...

The odds of a strike will almost certainly continue to fluctuate as the asteroid’s path around the sun is better understood.

YR4 was initially discovered late last year and is believed to measure between 130 and 300 feet across, comparable to the ...

At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.

The space rock that once posed the greatest risk of impact to Earth in recorded history now has a near zero chance of ...

NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032.

An asteroid, whichemerged the most threatening celestial body in forecasting history, no longer poses a significant threat to ...

Nasa has it down to 0.0017 per cent – meaning the asteroid will safely pass Earth in 2032 and there’s no threat of impact for ...

YR4, once considered a potential threat to Earth, is now unlikely to hit in 2032, as new data and observations significantly ...