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

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

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

China has initiated the formation of a planetary defence team to address the potential danger posed by near-Earth asteroids.

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made.

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

NASA has announced an asteroid that is heading this way, has a greater chance of hitting the Earth than initially thought.

The object, classified as a near-Earth asteroid because its orbit would ... preparation is not just about observation. In September 2022, NASA demonstrated that it was possible to nudge an ...

If this asteroid follows the pattern of other near-Earth asteroids after their discovery ... of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test in 2022, or evacuating potentially affected regions on the ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

mission in 2022 successfully altered the orbit of an asteroid called Dimorphos, demonstrating that planetary defense techniques were becoming more achievable. More than planetary defense: The untapped ...