The infamous 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4, which is large enough to destroy an entire city, still has a 2% chance of ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...

Space enthusiasts will have the opportunity to witness a rare celestial event where a "potentially hazardous" asteroid slightly larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza is set to zoom past our planet.

In mid-February 2025 astronomers announced that 2024 YR4—a recently discovered asteroid big enough to severely damage or even destroy a city—stood a 3.1 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth known as the so-called "city killer ... at one point projected it had about a 3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

And with the asteroid's current trajectory bringing it within 3.2 million miles of our planet ... Experts have labeled 2014 TN17 a "city-killer" due to its sheer size and destructive potential.

The asteroid, which measures 130 feet to 300 feet in diameter, was first detected in December 2024, prompting early calculations that gave it a 3 percent chance of colliding with Earth in 2032.

According to NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 3.1 percent chance of colliding ... But the Chances of That City Killer Asteroid Hitting Earth Just Ticked Up Again ...

The potential city-killer asteroid that could strike ... told New Scientist. The asteroid is still only ranked at 3 on the 11-point Torino Impact Hazard scale, meaning that it's big enough ...

Last week, Asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 ... Dakota's Observatory Department of Space Studies. “It’s a city-killer, that’s what it is,” said Fieber-Beyer ...

Characterized as a potential "city ... m asteroid." On the slim chance the asteroid does strike Earth in 2032, its impacts would be localized. But 2024 YR4 has nonetheless received a Level 3 ...