A 300-foot asteroid might be headed our way, astronomers are using the James Webb Space Telescope to learn more.

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Earthlings can keep their plans seven years from now after scientists have officially declared Asteroid 2024 YR4 is not a ...

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...

YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a non-threat.

open image in gallery Nasa's DART mission in 2022 proved that Earth has the technology to redirect Asteroid 2024 YR4 before ...

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.