YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

Researchers discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 last Christmas — and the odds on it hitting Earth have increased since ...

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size of a football pitch is on course to smash into Earth at Christmas time in ...

An asteroid discovered in 2024 has been placed at level 3 on the Torino impact scale, with a small chance of impact with ...

NASA's successful experiment in knocking an asteroid off course could come in handy in 2032. Astronomers say an asteroid ...

The recent discovery of the asteroid 2024 YR4 has drawn intriguing comparisons to the iconic film Armageddon, where a team of ...

YR4 was first discovered in December last year by a telescope in Chile. The near-Earth asteroid is as big as a football field ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

The nearly 200-foot space rock has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever,’ says ...

Astronomers are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a slim 1.2% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032.