The potential risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 dropped to nearly zero following new observations that helped ...

Astronomers believe thousands of large undiscovered asteroids, that could cause regional damage, may be in space.

NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth. Last week, the asteroid had a 3.1% probability of ...

The asteroid will continue to be visible from Earth through April ... 7 planets will parade across Michigan's sky this week: How to see them YR4 previously peaked at 3 on the scale.

NASA’s DART mission tested asteroid deflection. Scientists analyzed ejecta patterns, momentum transfer, and deflection ...

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...

YR4 has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth, but media reports too often ignore the unlikelihood of impact in reports of ...

Risk to planet from 2024 YR4, a football pitch-sized space rock, has been ‘significantly’ downgraded … but the Moon may still ...

What are the odds the asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth? NASA’s early detection programme will probably bring more false alarms, but it could also save us, says FD Flam for Bloomberg Opinion.

Another study estimated the potential damage that would be caused if an asteroid the size of Bennu - with a diameter of roughly 500m - strikes Earth. Scientists have estimated a one-in-2,700 ...