NASA’s double-asteroid redirection test, launched in 2022, was an actual experiment in space. It sent a rocket to strike an ...

NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...

As predicted, we are most likely completely safe from this small asteroid, but now there's a greater chance of it striking ...

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

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

New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to ...

In recent developments, asteroid 2024 YR4 has garnered significant attention due to its potential to impact Earth in the ...

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

The potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 caused consternation over the last few weeks as its odds of hitting Earth in 2032 dramatically rose. Now, those odds have plummeted to near-zero, as ...

Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.

The asteroid 2024 YR4 probably won’t come nearly as close to Earth anytime soon as the space rock in this artist’s ...

YR4 continues to keep us on our toes as astronomers work to determine its potential threat to our planet, but the latest ...