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

But improvements in asteroid survey technology, and future asteroid-spotting missions, could detect objects astronomers haven’t been able to see in the past. Currently, there are no other known ...

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...

Rivkin led the investigation for NASA's 2022 DART mission, which successfully nudged an asteroid off its course using a spacecraft — a strategy known as a "kinetic impactor." The target asteroid ...

While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven years, the co-lead of NASA's DART mission says a small spacecraft could deflect the space rock's course. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

What will happen if the asteroid is on a collision course? If the asteroid is bigger than 50 metres, the ESA will debate sending a space mission to intercept it, according to Cano. "We have two ...

Call of Duty releases an important update for PC users that fixes a recent blue screen error. The new update is available now on Steam and Battle.net, but Microsoft ...

NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies calculates that the nearly 300-foot-wide asteroid 2024 YR now has a 2.3 percent chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032. That’s one percent ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting planet Earth in seven years. The animation, provided by the NASA-funded ...

The telescope was repurposed for asteroid and comet tracking after its original mission ended. In the next few years, the space agency hopes to launch an infrared space telescope devoted to ...

But improvements in asteroid survey technology, and future asteroid-spotting missions, could detect objects astronomers haven't been able to see in the past. Currently, there are no other known ...