According to scientists, the asteroid came closest to Earth on Christmas Day and passed near around 500,000 miles.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said on Wednesday. Scientists ...

NASA has identified asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1 in 83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Here’s what we know so far about ...

First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to ...

Pristine samples from asteroid Bennu contain “basic building blocks” for life, offering new insights. The samples suggest ...

The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance ...

Space.com is reporting the asteroid, known as 2024 YR4, is currently 27 million miles away. That puts the asteroid on track ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 as it heads towards Earth. Should we be worried about it? Here's what ...

YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a ...

A new asteroid has been identified recently, and NASA is already warning that a football field-sized asteroid could hit ...

Spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on December 27, 2024, the asteroid is estimated to be ...

Scientists around the world are watching asteroid 2024 YR4 closely as NASA and European Space Agency officials say the ...