A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...

NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an ...

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...

YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.

YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...

An analysis of North America’s fossil record for the 18 million years before dinosaurs disappeared suggests the prehistoric ...

According to a report led by planetary astronomer Andrew Rivkin of Johns Hopkins University, 2024 YR4 has a small chance of ...

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.