Focusing on an area where a large lake was once situated during the Pleistocene, archaeologists found a wealth of material ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers ...

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

An asteroid could potentially crash into Earth in less than eight years. Here's everything to know about asteroid 2024 YR4.

In the unlikely chance the asteroid is on a path to hit Earth in 2032, Burdanov said scientists will be able to predict when and where it will hit, allowing people to be evacuated or even possibly ...

While NASA says the chances of a collision with Earth are “extremely low,” the probability has been increasing since the space rock was discovered weeks ago.

Scientists will be able to get another look at the asteroid then, Harwood said, and determine its orbit and trajectory. Betts said, "The odds are very good that not only will this not hit Earth ...

Meanwhile, it is also unknown whether this asteroid will pound on Earth or miss the Earth by a mile. At any rate, the probability of an impact is low, but if it were to hit Earth in 2032 ...

The likelihood has increased to 2.1%. MORE: There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA The overall probability may be low, but a 2% chance of an asteroid ...

An asteroid ... Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the ESA said a previous statement about 2024 YR4. If the asteroid does hit the planet ...

In 2021, scientists revised their estimates of the risk posed by the cruise liner-sized space rock after a precise analysis of the asteroid’s orbit. Earth gets hit by an asteroid of this size ...