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

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

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

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to ...

Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks ...

YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...

Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

"It's not surprising the percentage went up," Bruce ... of impacts in both 2029 and 2036. But more precise telescope observations moved Apophis' range of trajectory off of Earth.

An asteroid recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years may have caused some ...

The possibility of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting our planet might not be ruled out until 2028, raising the prospect we’ll ...