NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five ...

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...

The asteroid is shaped like a hockey puck and is about the size of a football field in diameter which is about 60m.

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.