An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our neck of space in 2032.. The good news? It's not coming for Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer visible, but NASA squeezed in one ...

Meteor Crater and Lowell Observatory invite the public to observe the unique benchmark with a day of educational activities.

Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that has captured global attention due to its close approach predicted for the year 2029. Measuring approximately 340 meters in diameter, this space rock has ...

On Feb. 24, NASA announced an official "all clear" on social media, reporting the impact probability had dropped to just 0.004% and that the asteroid is "expected to safely pass by Earth in 2032 ...

Because it's big enough to be deemed a "city killer," asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm because of the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. The space rock ...

In 2022, both Elon Musk and NASA issued serious warnings about the potential threat of a massive asteroid on a collision course with Earth. While asteroids passing near our planet are not uncommon ...

Despite the slightly higher chance of impact, the risks from Bennu shouldn’t keep anyone awake at night. There’s more than a 99.9 percent chance that Bennu will not hit Earth in the next three ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth, but media reports too often ignore the unlikelihood of impact in reports of near-Earth asteroids, a Tucson astronomer says.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances of hitting the moon in December 2032 have increased to 4.3%.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially considered a potential threat to Earth, is now more likely to hit the moon in 2032. The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar ...

Asteroid systems, particularly binary configurations, represent dynamic natural laboratories for studying impact processes and collisional outcomes in our Solar System. Recent advances have shed ...