Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, which may hit Earth on December 2, 2032. The estimated impact probability is ...

A newly discovered asteroid being tracked by the global science community has a nearly 98% chance of zooming by Earth without ...

This asteroid has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth. That's nearly double the percentage reported earlier this month. But ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

The 2024 YR4 was spotted on December 27, 2024, by the Atlas Telescope in Chile. Reportedly, the space rock is around 40 to ...

NASA is training humanity’s most powerful telescope on a “city-killing” asteroid to determine whether or not we need to brace ...

YR4 has a 2.2% chance of striking Earth in seven years, but recent updates keep pushing the odds in the wrong direction.

In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

The chances of a large asteroid slamming into Earth in 2032 have gone up but it's still far too early for 2024 YR4 to be a ...

Space agencies and thousands of astronomers are working against the clock to determine the trajectory of the body before it ...

Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.

YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...