Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...

A new near-Earth asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has been detected by astronomers as it made a close approach to Earth recently. The asteroid, detected by a group of astronomers using sophisticated ...

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

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...

The newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR is being taken seriously by scientists at NASA who say it's got a legit shot at ...

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

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

The near-earth object first discovered in 2024 has stirred up conversation on social media because of the potential for an ...

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.

The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. The ...

For about six weeks now, NASA has been tracking a small asteroid called “2024 YR4.” It has a very low chance of hitting the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.