YR4 has a very small chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032- but one that has increased slightly since it was first spotted. The latest impact probability is available on the automated Sentry page ...

NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...

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

Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.

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

Astronomers have captured a new image of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 1 in 48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side. That's good news for ...

The animation, provided by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), shows the path of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid — named 2024 YR4 — having a more than 1 ...

The images in the animation were captured by an ATLAS telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, on Christmas Day 2024, when the asteroid had “a close approach with Earth,” becoming bright enough to be detected ...

A nuclear weapon could potentially be sent into space to deflect an asteroid heading Earth's way, an astronomer has told Sky News. Dr David Whitehouse said the measure could be taken against a ...

This rating indicates that the asteroid "merits attention by astronomers" due to its calculated risk. Scientists are monitoring an asteroid that has a chance - albeit small - of hitting Earth.

In Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peek at the Monday, February 3, episode, the firefighters from the 126 have a lot on their plate following an asteroid hitting Austin. “The nuclear reactor is on ...