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 ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

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

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...

open image in gallery Nasa's DART mission in 2022 proved that Earth has the technology to redirect Asteroid 2024 YR4 before ...

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

However, we can be certain that the velocity when the object approaches Earth in December 2032 will be about 17.3 km/s which is equivalent to 62,500 km/h." The figures convert to about 10.7 miles ...

Space agencies estimate that there's about a 2% chance that the asteroid will hit Earth in December 2032. But as astronomers continue to track the asteroid and refine their calculations ...

The chances that an asteroid hits Earth in 2032 are now at their highest since the object was first discovered, according to ...