The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...

There's a 3 percent chance Earth is destroyed in 2032 by an asteroid, leading some to wonder how big the asteroid would need ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short ...

YR4 has a chance to crash into the Earth in 2032 when the "mansion-sized" space rock approaches our planet with enough power ...

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead ...

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on ...

It's not great news, but don't panic: Astronomers spotted an asteroid that has a roughly 3.1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Space agencies are monitoring the newly discovered asteroid ...

A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a ...

Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.

The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the ...