A 300-foot asteroid might be headed our way, astronomers are using the James Webb Space Telescope to learn more.

Earthlings can keep their plans seven years from now after scientists have officially declared Asteroid 2024 YR4 is not a ...

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

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

As space scientists around the world scramble to learn more about an asteroid classified as a "city destroyer" that could ...

NASA's new observations of the asteroid, named 2024 YR4, led to a 2.3 per cent probability of hitting Earth on 22 December ...

The drop in odds had been widely anticipated by the global astronomical community, which now broadly expects the probability ...

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...