February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, ...

NASA and ESA are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially had a higher collision probability with Earth than the Apophis asteroid. New data has since lowered the impact risk to 1.5% ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes ...

Two weeks ago, when Ars first wrote about the asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies estimated a 1.9 percent chance of an impact with Earth in 2032. NASA's most ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

If you've been worrying about reports of a possible asteroid impact in 2032, we have very good news. NASA has dropped the probability of an impact from asteroid 2024 YR4 — at first to 1 in 67 ...

The asteroid that once posed the greatest impact risk to Earth in recorded history now has an effective 0% chance of striking our planet." Discovered in December 2024, 2024 YR4 quickly climbed to ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 reaches level 3 on the Torino Scale Asteroid's impact risk corridor spans multiple continents NASA telescope will get closer look at object in March Asteroid 2024 YR4 reaches ...

NASA has all but ruled out asteroid 2024 YR4 as a danger to Earth, reducing its impact probability to just 0.004% in 2032. However, a small risk remains for the Moon. Scientists are seizing the moment ...

2024 YR4's odds jumped to a 1-in-32 chance of impact, though that number will likely fall as the asteroid continues to be monitored. 2024 YR4 first caught astronomers’ eyes on December 27 ...