YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

Initially considered to be an asteroid, it brightened significantly ... would be a treat. Chiron’s orbit brings it a little closer to the Sun than Saturn at its closest, and takes it out beyond ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

"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.

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

However, Chiron was classified as an asteroid. It moves around Jupiter and Neptune through one orbit that is extremely unstable. Studying Chiron is particularly difficult because of such ...

A newly discovered asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in December of 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be 196 feet (60 meters) wide, and it is currently 27 ...

man-made debris that was purposefully catapulted into orbit. The "asteroid" they found, was the product of an Elon Musk marketing ploy. In February 2018, Musk put together a crossover of his two ...

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly discovered asteroid turned out to be a ... is a convertible car traveling through orbit? As some spaceflight enthusiasts may recall, the ...