YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 ...

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

Can an asteroid, or two asteroids, crash into Earth in the next seven years? Scientists are observing these space rocks to ...

The impact probability describes how likely a hazardous asteroid is to hit Earth. For example, if the impact probability is 1%, it means that in 1 of 100 cases, it hits Earth.

Could New York face an asteroid threat in our lifetime? Scientists explain potential impact scenarios, emergency preparedness ...

The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.

Currently, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is too far away to observe with space or ground-based telescopes. NASA expects to make more ...

NASA says the 10-storey YR4 asteroid could hit the Moon in 2032, which could see global communications come to a complete ...

Three of these asteroids would have over one million times the energy of Hiroshima if they were to strike Earth’s surface and ...

An asteroid that could smash into the Moon in 2032 could trigger a gigantic explosion that would send debris streaming ...