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

Not big enough to be a threat to Earth, asteroid 2022 EB5 hit Earth off the coast of Iceland on March 11, two hours after it was first seen. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest ...

The recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 has caught astronomers' attention for an unexpected reason. While the risk of impact with Earth has been ruled out, a probability of collision with the ...

Astronomers say the 2024 YR4 asteroid still has a 97% chance of missing Earth in 2032, but the now 3.1% chance it will hit the planet is the highest risk level ever recorded. Despite the slim odds ...

The 1-meter asteroid was discovered just hours before it hit Earth's atmosphere and almost 10 years to the day that an asteroid about 20 times bigger hit Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Asteroids don’t always need to head straight for Earth to draw global attention. The case of asteroid 2024 YR4 is proving ...

The “Largest Piece of Mars on Earth” just sold at auction for about $5.3 million— $5,296,000, to be exact. Popular Science ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth ...

A recently discovered asteroid has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock.