YR4, a potential “city-killer,” has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032—but scientists say it might strike the Moon ...

The red Tesla Roadster was mistaken for an undiscovered asteroid by astronomers.

Step aside, Darth Vader. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Joint Extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track ...

A NASA scientist has predicted where a huge asteroid - the size of Big Ben - could potentially hit Earth in seven years' time ...

An asteroid capable of flattening a mid-sized city could potentially collide with Earth eight years from now, as its orbit ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).