Although it's still early to say for sure, experts are paying close attention to its path due to the possibility that it ...

NASA has upgraded the odds of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032. The space rock, named asteroid 2024 YR4, now has a 3.1 per ...

NASA confirms asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 3.1% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032, potentially causing severe ...

YR4 was first reported to the Minor Planet Center by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile on January 27, 2025.

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger ...

In pursuit of empire and domination, of territorial conquest or racial and religious supremacy, wars stand as a stubborn ...

A potentially hazardous asteroid is on its way to the planet, and many are growing concerned about it including China.

While finding massive metallic rocks in space is relatively easy, asteroids that are just ten metres in size are far harder ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

A nearly 98 percent chance it won’t hit us is pretty good. Second, while that’s definitely a massive rock, it’s not like a ...

The volcanologist threw cold water on the defense potential of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft, which ...

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