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

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, is roughly 130 to 300 feet across. It was first reported on Dec. 27, 2024, by the NASA-funded ...

First spotted in December 2024, YR4 is estimated to be between 130 and 330 feet in size, roughly equivalent to a 40-story ...

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

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

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

A CHILLING simulation video has revealed what it would look like if ‘city-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 hit Earth. The space rock ...

An asteroid could potentially crash into Earth in less than eight years. Here's everything to know about asteroid 2024 YR4.

We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

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