In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, ...

The work that we’re doing is really important because warning time is everything,” says Danica Remy of the B612 Foundation in ...

The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

Victor attempts (despite Aaron's machinations) to explore YR4, the asteroid that may or may not hit Earth in 2032.

Though astronomers have known about the threat posed by near-Earth objects since the 1970s, efforts to catalogue potentially dangerous asteroids and meteors have only seriously materialized in the ...

At first, asteroid 2024 YR4 seemed like a potential threat to Earth, but that risk has since been greatly reduced. The asteroid is estimated to be between 30 and 65 metres wide. Meanwhile, the chances ...

Discovered just a few months ago, asteroid 2024 YR4 quickly raised alarms in the astronomy community. At one point, scientists feared it might collide with Earth, potentially wiping out an entire ...

In February, I wrote about an asteroid (2024 YR4) that originally had a 3.1% projected chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. As its orbit became more predictable, this was lowered to virtually 0%.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock.The space agency released the images Monday, a day after the close ...