Early last week, 2024 YR4 briefly broke a record once reached by the asteroid Apophis after it was first spotted in 2004. At its peak threat level, 2024 YR4 reached a 3 on the Torino Scale and had ...

As of now, 2024 YR4 has been assigned a Level 3 rating on the Torino Scale, having a 1% or greater probability of collision, which generates scientific interest. This rating, however, does not signify ...

In the past, even famous asteroids such as Apophis reached Level 4 on the Torino Scale before being eliminated as a threat. Uncertainties in initial observations have a tendency to produce ...

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance ...

The highest level of concern that has been given to an object since the scale was put in place was a 4, which went to Apophis in 2004. Apophis was actually deemed less likely to hit us than 2024 ...

Apophis will pass close to Earth in 2029 but ... All are classified as "Level 0" on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, meaning the risk is negligible. NASA’s ongoing efforts continue to monitor ...

But what those confirmations didn’t take into account was whether or not Apophis would collide with other asteroids along the way. Obviously, if the giant asteroid Apophis were to collide with ...

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably close to Earth in 2032.

But now that we’re here, it would be nice if we could avoid future asteroid calamities, and one of the more threatening space rocks in our neck of the stellar woods is known as 99942 Apophis.

YR4 peaked at a 3 on the scale, which ranges from 0 (no chance ... Space Agency are also interested in getting a better look at Apophis before and during its close approach to Earth in 2029.