The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Around 2 billion years ago, an asteroid the size of Mount Everest, or possibly even larger, struck Earth with catastrophic ...

Predictions about a "city-destroying" asteroid hurtling toward Earth have raised alarms at space agencies worldwide. At one point, NASA estimated that there was a 3.1% chance that asteroid 2024 ...

Initial sightings of Asteroid 2032 YR4 were tricky, but tracking has gotten better, helping us understand its path. New data, ...

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

And as they learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, the odds of impact are expected to slightly rise before before it's expected – and hoped – they fall to zero, astronomers at the ...

Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...

The chances of Asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth have increased. Here's what that means, and where the potential impact zone could be.

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

Despite the extreme drop in impact risk, 2024 YR4 still sits at the top of the Sentry table.The next riskiest asteroid on the table is 1950 DA, which has a 0.039% chance of impacting Earth in 2880.

An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our neck of space in 2032.. The good news? It's not coming for Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer visible, but NASA squeezed in one ...

NASA's latest asteroid impact dry run revealed humanity may be our biggest hurdle. By Andrew Paul. Published Jun 21, 2024 10:56 AM EDT ...