Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...

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

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.

At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was ...

YR4 was first reported to the Minor Planet Center – the international clearing house for small body positional measurements – ...

The near-earth object first discovered in 2024 has stirred up conversation on social media because of the potential for an ...

NASA's new observations of the asteroid, named 2024 YR4, led to a 2.3 per cent probability of hitting Earth on 22 December ...

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

In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis, after new telescope observations ruled ...

A 47-foot asteroid is set to pass near Earth on February 12, 2025. Nasa has been closely monitoring the asteroid and ...