Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — ...

NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit ...

The infamous 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4, which is large enough to destroy an entire city, still has a 2% chance of ...

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...

A few weeks ago, Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines for being surprisingly likely to hit Earth in the next several years. After peaking at an impact likelihood of about 3%, additional data was ...

Scientists at NASA and around the world have been closely following a near-Earth asteroid ... YR4 would hit the Moon's surface at full speed since it doesn't have an atmosphere, exploding with ...

Since December, Moskovitz had the Lowell Discovery Telescope trained on the 2024 YR4 asteroid. Scientists at one point projected it had about a 3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. 2024 YR4 is now ...

The astronomers told us this was the most likely outcome: a "city killer" asteroid that once had ... that the probability that 2024 YR4 would hit the Earth would probably go up and then at some ...

The astronomers told us this was the most likely outcome: a "city killer" asteroid that ... and track potential Earth impactors — issued a notification alerting the astronomical community that it had ...