It came from outer space! In the early morning of June 30, 1908, people in the remote Tunguska region of Siberia beheld an ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...

As more observations of the asteroid are made, the uncertainty region will continue to shrink and the impact probability may continue to rise. If we reach a point at which Earth is no longer ...

(CNN) - The odds of an asteroid hitting the Earth in seven years have increased once again. Astronomers said the threat posed by Asteroid 2024 YR4 now exceeds the threat posed by the widely known ...

Panic over: the ‘city killer’ asteroid at risk of slamming into Earth like a grenade is now overwhelmingly likely to pass on by. The latest calculation from Nasa shows it only has a 0.0027% chance of ...

The asteroid, measuring between 130 to 300 feet wide, was discovered in December 2024. While the risk to Earth is negligible, 2024 YR4 has a slightly higher chance of impacting the moon.

Credit: ESO/O. Hainaut The potential risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 dropped to nearly zero following new observations that helped better predict the asteroid's trajectory.

The chances of an asteroid as large as the width of an NFL field striking Earth continue to tick up, according to NASA. The recently discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 2.6% probability of ...

is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. On Tuesday, NASA calculated that the space rock had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, while the European Space Agency's risk assessment sits at 2.8%.