ATLANTA — The chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth has doubled, now sitting at 2.3 percent. The headlines alone can make one nervous. So, is it something to be concerned about?

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Situation is significant enough to warrant global planetary defence community's attention. Astronomers plan to use James Webb ...

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

That's because the asteroid's risk corridor or area of uncertainty around Earth will shrink as astronomers ... Credit: NASA Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny ...

That's because the asteroid's risk corridor or area of uncertainty around Earth will shrink as astronomers can better ... Credit: NASA Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were ... leaving behind the salty clues. Sixty labs around the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short time-lapse video captured by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope.