YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see ...

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have ...

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers ...

REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...

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

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...

NASA is monitoring a 300-foot-long asteroid called the 2024 YR4. The chances of a collision are low but NASA said there is a ...

Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.