A recently discovered asteroid that has captured the attention of the astronomy community now has a slightly increased risk of affecting ...

Many fear a newly discovered asteroid could cause major natural disasters and an explosion '500x bigger than Hiroshima' if it ...

The risk of an asteroid hitting Earth has doubled in a week but there are no plans yet to build a spacecraft to deflect the ...

YR4, a newly found near-Earth perilous object, has a small chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032. Measuring 40–90m ...

NASA doesn't want to lose touch with the younger generation, which is why it is reaching out to social media and publicizing its discoveries and advances through them. Now it has d ...

Initially, the probability of an impact was 1 in 83, which represented a 1.2% chance of collision. The odds have now increased to 1 in 43, or a 2.3% chance of impact.

Astronomers are closely observing asteroid 2024 YR4, which has an increasing but still low chance of impacting Earth in 2032.

The 2024 YR4 was spotted on December 27, 2024, by the Atlas Telescope in Chile. Reportedly, the space rock is around 40 to ...

Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the ...