The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...

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

If you look at the fraction, the size of the Earth — which is inside the uncertainty area — is compared to the entire area of the uncertainty of where the asteroid could be in that critical ...

Despite their overall similarities, asteroids are usually pretty distinct from one another. Vesta has a very different ...

Compared to moons or planets ... The most likely outcome by far is still that the asteroid will sail harmlessly by Earth. Still, if you’re nervous, maybe don’t watch Armageddeon for a while.

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

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

"The size of the Earth — which is inside the uncertainty area — is compared to the entire area of the uncertainty of where the asteroid could be in that critical moment in time. This equated ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, which showed discoveries about life and the early solar ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential risk to the Moon, with a 1.7% chance of collision despite Earth now being safe. If it impacts, it could form a lar ...