The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. The ...

YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...

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

Asteroid headed towards Earth could smash into the Moon, scientists say - Nasa expects chances of Earth collision to be ...

Scientists warn about a large asteroid, 2024 YR4, that may collide with Earth in 2032. Current predictions give it a roughly ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

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

"Any object that's going to miss us is going ... Laboratory and Center for Near-Earth Object Studies Davide Farnocchia told CNN, “The longer we track an asteroid, the more precise the prediction.

"Any object that's going to miss us is going to be deemed a 'potential ... a “Deep Impact”-inspired vehicle known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) could collide with a near-Earth object.

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Identifying an asteroid whose path may be toward Earth isn’t uncommon, said Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Center for Near Earth Object ...