An asteroid that measures up to 300 feet across could smack into Earth in 2032, and while NASA says the chances of a collision are “extremely low,” the probability has been increasing since ...

For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, asteroid 2024 YR4. The chance of this impact rose to ...

For only the seventh time, an astronomer spotted an incoming asteroid just hours before it crashed to Earth. Krisztián Sárneczky of Hungary recorded the object, now designated 2023 CX1, as faint ...

Astronomers have identified a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, with a small but notable chance of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032—though experts stress there is no immediate cause for ...