The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...

NASA “significantly lowered” the risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth, saying the chances are now almost zero. Just last ...

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

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger ...

The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the ...

Chances are increasing that a large asteroid, dubbed YR4, will strike Earth in 2032, possibly resulting in large-scale ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of colliding with Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, thanks to new ...

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

NASA released new data Tuesday that raised the risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid to the highest level ever set for a large space ...

NASA and other space agencies are attempting to come up with a way to destroy a massive asteroid unlikely to strike Earth.

An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on ...

At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.