The exact size of 2024 YR4 remains uncertain, but NASA estimates it to be between 130 and 300 feet (40 to 90 meters) in ...

NASA has been busy observing an asteroid, dubbed Asteroid 2024 YR4, which it fears could be on a path to hit Earth in 2032.

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...

The chances that an asteroid hits Earth in 2032 are now at their highest since the object was first discovered, according to ...

Dr. O'Donoghue, with St. Lawrence University and the Adirondack Sky Center, joins NCPR's Northern Light every month to guide us through the night sky.

NASA has recently increased the odds that asteroid YR4, a "city-killer" rock, could strike Earth in 2032. The space agency now estimates the chances of a collision at 1-in-38, or ...

YR4 has a 1-in-43 chance of impacting the Earth in 2032, potentially causing localized damage and potentially wiping out a ...

YR4 is making headlines in space communities and online, as experts warn it could be a potential threat to Earth in 2032.

Space agencies monitoring the Y24 asteroid said there was a 2.6-percent chance of impact with Earth, up from 2.2 percent a ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...

Earth must have experienced something exceptional 10 million years ago. Our study of rock samples from the floor of the ...

In 1908, a 30-meter-wide (98-foot-wide) asteroid struck the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in a remote Siberian forest of Russia, according to the Planetary Society. The event leveled trees and destroyed ...