A large asteroid once considered the greatest known risk to Earth may now be on track for a direct hit — not on our planet, ...

Initially flagged as a potential Earth threat, asteroid 2024 YR4, a 200-foot space rock, is now predicted to potentially ...

YR4 was detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS telescope, in Río Hurtado, Chile, two days ...

Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise ...

Officially known as 2025 OW, the asteroid is reportedly 220 feet big. According to NASA's schedule, it will pass Earth on ...

NASA experts explain why a passing asteroid isn't cause for concern, while revealing how often Earth encounters space rocks and preview what's coming in 2029.

NASA announced on Wednesday (July 23) that the space rock is likely to pass close to our planet on Monday (July 28).

A massive asteroid, named 2025 OW, resembling a 25-storey building, is approaching Earth next week. It measures about 220 ...

China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.

Because it's big enough to be deemed a "city killer," asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm because of the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. The space rock ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A 60-meter asteroid, 2024 YR4, has a 4.3% chance of striking the moon in 2032. If it impacts the near side, up to 10 million kg of lunar debris could reach Earth ...

Astronomers have upped the odds that "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into the Moon, potentially causing a cloud of shrapnel that could impact Earth-orbiting satellites and other ...