Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

For a brief moment, it looked like asteroid 2024 YR4 had a real shot at hitting Earth in 2032. With its impact probability climbing to a record-breaking 3%, astronomers scrambled to refine its ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a collision course with Earth ... 0.3% chance of hitting the moon ...

The risk of the asteroid hitting Earth has fallen from 3 per cent to 0.002 per cent in a matter of days, but if the chance can shift so quickly, can it go up again?

The space agency claimed that the dangerous space rock now has a 1-in-38, or 2.6%, chance of hitting ... This handout picture provided by NASA on January 31, 2025 shows asteroid 2024 YR4 as ...

There are more Gemini South images of 2024 YR4 in the pipeline, but as the asteroid is currently heading away from Earth, it might be a while until we get a really good look at this space rock ...

That's because this space rock, designated asteroid 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-48 chance of impacting Earth in 2032 ... of the asteroid to obtain these images," Bolin explained. "The observations ...

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...