The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track ...

YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance ...

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

A terrifying new animation has revealed the projected path of the 'city-destroying' asteroid heading towards Earth.

The ‘city killer’ asteroid (possibly) heading our way might spare us and slam into the Moon instead, scientists said. The ...

Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while ...

The Moon is no stranger to being struck by huge lumps of space rock. In fact, new research has shown that, nearly four ...

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An asteroid originally thought to have a higher chance of colliding with Earth might instead strike the Moon, according to ...

Since the Moon does not have an atmosphere like the Earth to slow down asteroids, a potential impact by the giant space rock ...

The threat comes as new observations suggest the asteroid’s chance of collision has risen to 1-in-43, up from about 1% in ...

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