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

NASA released new data Tuesday that raised the risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid to the highest level ever set for a large space ...

On Jan. 27, 2025, the asteroid surpassed a 1% chance of hitting Earth, an “important threshold,” according to NASA’s Jet ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe for asteroid exploration has arrived at the launch site of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in ...

Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...

Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.

The chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth in 2032 reached a record high before decreasing on Wednesday. Here's what to ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...

NASA announced Wednesday that the odds of the up to 300-foot-wide asteroid hitting Earth dropped from record highs. See where ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...

The odds keep growing that an asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will collide with Earth in seven years, according to ...