Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...

An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

While experts had anticipated the probability of impact to rise, they now anticipate that the chances of a collision will likely decrease significantly as more details about the asteroid’s orbit ...

Researchers used computer simulations to study the impact of an asteroid with the diameter of Bennu (about 500 meters) to ascertain what the fallout of the collision would be. They found that ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

The animation, provided by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), shows the path of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid — named 2024 YR4 — having a more than 1% ...

I have some bad news, fellow Earthlings: There is a newly discovered asteroid, called 2024 YR4, headed for our planet. Fortunately, the risk is neither great nor urgent. The chance of impact ...

The odds of collision are preliminary, as astronomers gather more data on the asteroid to refine its chances of impact. Normally, the odds decrease over time until it’s close to zero.

An impact with Earth would cause a massive explosion and impact crater, astronomers say. The asteroid, known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, was first reported to the Minor Planet Center on Dec. 27 ...