In a blog post Monday confirming that the telescope would observe the near-Earth asteroid − known as 2024 YR4 − the European ...

YR4: Should we be worried about the space rock hurtling towards Earth? - Humanity has been working on ways to deflect dangerous asteroids - but it probably won’t need it ...

An asteroid named 2024 YR4 has a 2.1% chance of striking Earth on December 22, 2032, with potential impact zones identified ...