Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...

Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than the atomic bomb has triggered global space ...

Last week, the European Space Agency (ESA) gave the asteroid a 1.3 per cent chance of hitting the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

Astronomers track asteroid 2024 YR4, with a 1.9% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, but NASA said there's nothing to be worried about.

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

NASA has identified an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. The asteroid named '2024 YR4' has been ...

NASA is keeping a close watch on three asteroids making near-Earth approaches today. One of them, named 2025 CF, will pass within just 77,200 miles of our planet-roughly one-third ...

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...

UN planetary defence organisations are closely monitoring an asteroid that has a tiny risk of hitting the Earth. The European ...