YR4 has a very small chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032- but one that has increased slightly since it was first spotted. The latest impact probability is available on the automated Sentry page ...

NASA’s double-asteroid redirection test, launched in 2022, was an actual experiment in space. It sent a rocket to strike an ...

A stronomers detected a 40-to-80-meter asteroid, dubbed a “city killer,” with the potential to collide with Earth in 2032, ...

How prepared are we to deflect an asteroid heading towards Earth? This question is answered by two studies just published in ...

Credit: ATLAS/NASA/Cover Images This footage shows the asteroid that could cause havoc by striking the Earth in 2032.

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...

In early February, NASA announced that the asteroid’s chances of hitting our planet grew to 2.3%. And most recently, on Feb.

As dark moonless skies make new observations of asteroid 2024 YR4 possible, researchers are refining its orbit — and its ...

Two studies published in Nature Communications analyze the impact of the DART mission on Dimorphos, revealing new strategies to improve asteroid deflection effectiveness through the study of ejecta.

Astronomers briefly raised the alert level for an asteroid that could be on a collision course with Earth. They gave it a 3% ...

The Gemini South telescope recently captured an image of an asteroid with a 1 in 48 chance of Earth impact by 2032.

NASA analysis of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 indicates it has >1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, which also means there's ~99% chance this asteroid will not impact. Such initial ...