NASA estimates that the space rock has a 0.0017 per cent chance chance of hitting Earth in December 2032, while the ESA has a similar risk assessment of 0.002 per cent. That's a 1 in 59,000 ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of colliding with Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, thanks to new ...

Scientists have modeled the potential consequences of a 500-meter asteroid colliding with Earth. The research delves into how ...

SpaceX on Monday will launch a Falcon 9 rocket into low-Earth orbit outfitted with 21 Starlink satellites, 13 of which will ...

NASA announced the NEO Surveyor mission, which aims to detect and track asteroids that could pose a catastrophic threat to our planet.

A 300-foot asteroid might be headed our way, astronomers are using the James Webb Space Telescope to learn more.

Earthlings can keep their plans seven years from now after scientists have officially declared Asteroid 2024 YR4 is not a ...

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's ...

NEO Surveyor will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast no earlier than September 2027. The total value ...

YR4 has now been reassigned to Torino Scale Level Zero, the level for 'No Hazard' as additional tracking of its orbital path ...

In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough ...