When a space rock the size of a small building gets a little too close for comfort, scientists everywhere pay attention. In ...

A Cornel University study submitted to the American Astronomy Society Journals concludes that, while Earth is no longer in ...

Webb's final snapshot of asteroid 2024 YR4 fine-tuned its orbit—raising Moon impact odds slightly, but Earth is safe.

The asteroid that had people fearful for their lives is now very unlikely to strike the planet,... but scientists reveal it ...

NASA on Feb. 24 said, "There is no significant potential for this asteroid to impact our planet for the next century." The asteroid 2024 YR4 is now rated at Level 0 out of 10 on the Torino Impact ...

ESA-Science Office It seems that Earth isn’t likely to be struck by an incoming asteroid after all, as scientists have revised the impact likelihood of object 2024 YR4. The asteroid which has a ...

NASA has announced that an asteroid about 200 feet in diameter is now slightly more likely to crash into the moon.

The odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 have increased to 1 in 43. Despite this, you still shouldn't worry about the potential impact of this asteroid. That's because experts ...

ESA-Science Office Astronomers have made a startling discovery: a medium-sized asteroid that could potentially impact the Earth within the next 10 years. However, experts agree that the public ...

The odds that the recently discovered asteroid will hit Earth on December 22, 2032 have now risen to 3.1 percent, NASA said on Tuesday, the highest probability for an impact by such a large space ...

In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, a scenario that experts postulated could have more explosive potential ...

Just how would we prevent asteroids from colliding with Earth? Artist's concept of a catastrophic asteroid impact with the early Earth. An impact with a 500-km-diameter asteroid would effectively ...