In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

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

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

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are shifting, with the space rock now carrying a 1-in-48 chance of collision.

China has formed a planetary defense team to monitor asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2.2% impact probability. Global space ...

Space agencies and thousands of astronomers are working against the clock to determine the trajectory of the body before it ...

At the end of last year astronomers detected a new asteroid named 2024 YR4 but it wasn’t like other solar system travelers.

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

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

By April this year, scientists will start to decide whether to send a mission to intercept an asteroid that may hit Earth in ...

Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.

YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...