NASA and ESA are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, with an estimated size of up to 328 feet and a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth.

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow-up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...

Purdue professor along with a team of scientists analyze asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to give a better understanding of the past.

The risk of impact is likely drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.

Space agencies are keeping a close eye on a recently discovered asteroid that has a small chance of impacting Earth. Named ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

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NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.

YR4 was discovered just a month ago. It is being monitored because there is a possibility – though very small – of impact with Earth in 2032. What do we know so far about this asteroid, and what would ...