There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton ...

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...

An asteroid that measures up to 300 feet across could smack into Earth in 2032, and while NASA says the chances of a ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers study asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small chance of striking Earth ...

Discovered in December 2024, YR4 currently ranks 3 out of 10 on the Torino Scale. Nasa said it is deploying the James Webb ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-23).

A scientist has warned that it is now too late to deflect an asteroid that could potentially crash into Earth in the coming ...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, which may hit Earth on December 2, 2032. The estimated impact probability is ...

NASA is closely monitoring an asteroid that may hit Earth in 2032. The space agency is using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Scientists across the world, including some in Arizona, are keeping an eye on an asteroid that has a very slim chance of ...