The DART mission was fab, but might not be able to stop 2024 YR4,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Referring to NASA’s 2022 DART mission that successfully altered the orbit of a smaller asteroid, ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...

A scientist who has written a book on how to defend our planet from an asteroid collision, has spoken out following news of ...

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NASA alerts about aeroplane-sized asteroid set for close flyby this week: All you need to know about Asteroid 2025 CL3 ...

A large asteroid is predicted to have a close encounter with Earth. NASA has issued a warning, here's what we know about the ...

Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the ...

A large asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of hitting the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA and the ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, according to the European Space Agency.