The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

Another asteroid is now threatening to hit Earth. It is on the ESA's list of the Top five hazardous objects. Science & Tech Trending ...

Victor attempts (despite Aaron's machinations) to explore YR4, the asteroid that may or may not hit Earth in 2032.

Though astronomers have known about the threat posed by near-Earth objects since the 1970s, efforts to catalogue potentially ...

Though astronomers have known about the threat posed by near-Earth objects since the 1970s, efforts to catalogue potentially dangerous asteroids and meteors have only seriously materialized in the ...

The asteroid, spanning around 49 to 111 feet in diameter, is hurtling through space at some 42,300 miles per hour.

Once upon a starlit evening in December 2024, astronomers discovered something small, fast and potentially very rude hurtling ...

This asteroid is about the size of a large building, and it's hurtling along at tens of thousands of kilometres per hour. If ...

Discovered just a few months ago, asteroid 2024 YR4 quickly raised alarms in the astronomy community. At one point, scientists feared it might collide with Earth, potentially wiping out an entire ...

In February, I wrote about an asteroid (2024 YR4) that originally had a 3.1% projected chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. As its orbit became more predictable, this was lowered to virtually 0%.