An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

An asteroid capable of flattening a mid-sized city could potentially collide with Earth eight years from now, as its orbit around the sun briefly intersects the path of our planet. Named 2024 YR4 ...

An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

The chances has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, officials said. The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to ...

A former astronaut has shared a worrying prognosis for the world about what could happen if the 2024 YR4 asteroid hits the planet in seven years. The now-retired spaceman Chris Hadfield ...

Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has issued a grave warning about a 'city-killer' asteroid that has a chance of hitting Earth. 'At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in ...

An ex-astronaut has revealed terrifying new details about a 'city-killing' asteroid that NASA fears could smash into earth. Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield compared Asteroid 2024 YR4 to ...

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

The revelation landed on X (formerly Twitter) like a rogue asteroid. A 31-year-old conservative commentator claiming that she and Musk had been quietly raising a child in secret, forced to ...

The gift atop your wish list might be a fallout shelter. In less than eight years, an asteroid heading for Earth could seriously disrupt your festive season. It’s called Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring asteroid 2025 CA2, which is set to pass by Earth on 18 February 2025. This near-Earth object, approximately 67 feet in diameter ...