What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is ...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...

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

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

The hefty asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit Earth on December 22, 2032, could instead hit the moon, it is thought. New ...

YR4, it appeared, was heading for Earth but more data recorded by the Webb Space Telescope has offered new information about ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit list CAPE CANAVERAL ... the observatory, the biggest and most powerful ...

Despite being a scenario widely pondered by astronomers and Hollywood writers for decades, further observations have since determined YR4 will not impact the Earth in 2032 as originally predicted.

The most significant asteroid so far to hit Earth was 66 million years ago. The mountain-size asteroid struck South America ...

It's the smallest object ever observed by the observatory, the biggest and most ... this year when it topped Earth's hit list. Discovered late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted ...