How prepared are we to deflect an asteroid heading towards Earth? This question is answered by two studies just published in ...

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...

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

If you're anything like me, you probably don't even bother with articles that say there's an asteroid floating around in space that could potentially hit ...

In early February, NASA announced that the asteroid’s chances of hitting our planet grew to 2.3%. And most recently, on Feb.

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

NASA suggests asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit densely populated areas of our planet — if it were to make an impact.

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track ...

And if it hits home, it could cause an explosion equivalent to 500 atomic bombs, putting around 110 million lives at risk ...

There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight years. But even if this asteroid is ...

Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks ...

Two weeks ago, when Ars first wrote about the asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies ...