New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...

YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

There is a second round of observations set for May 2025, before the asteroid could disappear into the outer solar system for ...

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

The asteroid Bennu is puzzling ... been analysing clumps of rock from Bennu since NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned samples from the asteroid to Earth in 2023. They quickly found these ...

Remember the potential "city killer" asteroid we were all freaking ... asteroids close enough to cross Earth's orbit will have multiple attempts to hit the bullseye. "Among asteroids, we must ...

strike it and change the asteroid's path by up to 620 miles (1,000 km). This would mean that if 2024 YR4 were going to hit Earth on its next closest approach in 2032, we could nudge it enough to ...

"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our ...

A few weeks ago, Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines for being surprisingly likely to hit Earth in the next several years. After peaking at an impact likelihood of about 3%, additional data was ...

had the highest chance of any asteroid to hit Earth in modern history. It is known as a near-Earth asteroid, meaning its orbit presents a danger to Earth, according to NASA. It is between 130 and ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn't mean we're out of the woods forever. via REUTERS We could experience a rock market crash. Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth ...

This would mean that if 2024 YR4 were going to hit Earth on its next closest approach in 2032, we could nudge it enough to avoid disaster. —If an asteroid really threatened the Earth ...