YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

Plans to build a space radar station could allow US President Donald Trump to dominate space from Wales, campaigners have ...

For a brief moment, asteroid 2024 YR4 had scientists on edge, with its impact probability climbing as high as 2.8%—enough to capture global attention. But thanks to rapid observations and advanced ...

NASA has said Earth will likely be spared by a deadly Big Ben-sized asteroid and predicts it could ... eject some material back out that could hit the Earth, but I highly doubt it would cause ...

Earlier this month we brought you news that an asteroid named 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032. That advice hinged on further observations which now suggest that the asteroid won’t hit Earth ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years are now so low, they may as well be zero. The space rock between 130 and 300 feet long has caused quite a stir since ...

City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth, says ESA Bangladesh cricketer's devotional puja on Maha Shivaratri wins hearts. South Africa's Keshav Maharaj reacts ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has reduced the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 to 0.001 per cent, down from a record-high 3.1 per cent last week. The asteroid, 40-90 ...

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen ... increasingly ruling out the odds of a direct hit. The ESA said the chance ...