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

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

The Chicxulub asteroid crater supported marine life for 700,000 years, showing that some mass extinction events may help life ...

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 ...

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But the crater it left behind in the Gulf of Mexico was a ...

"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...

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

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

YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

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

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