NASA has been tracking the 100-metre-wide asteroid, called 2024 YR4, which was spotted by an automated telescope in Chile on ...

The asteroid — which was initially discovered in December 2024 — is large enough to destroy a whole city, according to ...

One fateful day 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs — which had inhabited Earth for about 165 million years — got a nasty surprise: A roughly 9-mile-wide (15 kilometers) asteroid crashed into what is ...

There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight ...

This week’s hype around a “city-killing” asteroid possibly striking Earth raised the fears of many before the odds of impact ...

An asteroid being tracked by NASA made national headlines earlier this week when the space agency predicted the object had a ...

The findings have been crucial for NASA’s planetary defense efforts and critical data for experts assessing the asteroid’s ...

On december 27th, 2024, the asteroid terrestrial-impact last alert system (atlas) Detected a new asteroid, which was designated 2024 y-r-4.As more observations ...

Even in the increasingly unlikely event of an impact from YR4, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest appear to be safe from impact ...

Is there an asteroid headed to Earth? FOX 26 Chief Meteorologist Mike Iscovitz explains what we know about Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

While the asteroid's possibly collision with earth wouldn't be until 2032, there's been a lot of talk about the possibility ...

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth have fallen once again, now to 0.28%, NASA announced on Thursday.