The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.

It is currently the most dangerous space object near Earth, according to NASA, and its impact on the planet would have the same power as a nuclear bomb. If the asteroid does hit the planet ...

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 ...

But if it does hit Earth, that would still be really bad, right? Yeah, an asteroid of that size hitting the planet could do a lot of localized damage and be devastating if it exploded over a ...

(CNN) — A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth ... to the size of the “planet-killer” asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ...

An asteroid is coming close to Earth in the future — but officials urge the public not to panic. Just days after astronomers initially insisted that the likelihood of a direct hit of the ...

The chance of a major asteroid ... Earth, in Coober Pedy, a small mining town in South Australia, on December 6, 2020. MORGAN SETTE/AFP via Getty Images If the asteroid ends up hitting the ...

NASA "An asteroid this size impacts 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 ...

NASA has updated the impact probability of asteroid 2024 YR4, a space rock between 130 and 300 feet wide—about the size of ...