Interest is swirling in a recently spotted asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 – though the odds have increased slightly over the last few weeks. NASA has made it clear that ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in ...

Based on its path, speed, and size, scientists have determined potential impact sites for YR4 in 2024. Impact projections are ...

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

Scientists are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Initial tracking was ...

codenamed ‘2024 YR4’ will pass very close to the Earth in 2032, and carries a high chance of collision. Discovered by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on December ...

Dubbed 2024 YR4, the object—somewhere between 40 ... Such a mission design could be similar to NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, which successfully changed the orbit of an asteroid ...

NASA's recent retrieval of asteroid samples has unveiled not only the pristine building blocks essential for life but also the salty remnants of an ancient water world, scientists reported on ...

2024 YR4 has quickly risen to the top of impact risk lists maintained by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). The asteroid’s size and potential impact have led experts to closely monitor its ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, NASA reports. Astronomers all over the world are watching the asteroid, trying to narrow down its future path. The risk will likely ...