The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.

NASA and other world-leading space agencies are putting the most powerful eyes in the night sky on asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly discovered threat to Earth.

Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies has located an asteroid hurtling in our direction and believes it could make ...

YR4 has a 2.2% chance of striking Earth in seven years, but recent updates keep pushing the odds in the wrong direction.

In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short ...

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.

Scientists will point the world’s most powerful telescope at the asteroid 2024 YR4, in the hope of understanding whether it ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - The chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4, originally discovered in December, colliding with earth has increased, ...

YR4 now has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, prompting ongoing observations. Ground-based telescopes will track it ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...