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

YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short ...

An asteroid could potentially hit Earth in eight years — though the chances are very small, according to scientists. The ...

YR4 has a 2.2% chance of striking Earth in seven years, but recent updates keep pushing the odds in the wrong direction.

Scientists will point the world’s most powerful telescope at the asteroid 2024 YR4, in the hope of understanding whether it ...

NASA is continuously refining its tracking of 2024 YR4, using its network of telescopes, including the repurposed WISE Space ...

Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

The newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR is being taken seriously by scientists at NASA who say it's got a legit shot at ...

YR4 now has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, prompting ongoing observations. Ground-based telescopes will track it ...

The risk of an asteroid hitting Earth has doubled in a week but there are no plans yet to build a spacecraft to deflect the ...