It was so tremendous that its glow lit up the dark ... As best as anyone can tell, if any hazardously sized asteroid were to hit Earth in the relatively near future, it would most likely be ...

So we're all hoping that doesn't happen." Dubbed 2024 YR4, the asteroid was first spotted on December 27, 2024, by the El Sauce Observatory in Chile. Based on its brightness, astronomers estimate ...

Don't worry. Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 99.72% chance of missing Earth in 2032. If you've been worrying about reports of a possible asteroid impact in 2032, we have very good news. NASA has dropped ...

Applicants must be younger than 35 and “maintain a firm political stance” in line with the ruling Chinese Communist Party and ...

YR4: everything to know about the potential "city killer" space rock that has a 2.3% chance of striking Earth on Dec. 22, ...

That is when the asteroid is passing, really, through a part of the orbit of the Earth. So, it's really going through the path of Earth, so to speak. And the question is, whether Earth will be ...

So it is important to think about the risk." Bennu, a carbon-rich asteroid formed as part of a ... collected 120 grams of samples from Bennu in 2020 and delivered them to Earth in September ...

As more data is collected, the uncertainty about an asteroid’s trajectory is reduced, so scientists can more accurately predict its orbit and whether it threatens Earth. With asteroids ...

But after further research, scientists have determined the asteroid now only at a 0.001% chance. Johnson says the Earth is in a region of uncertainty, so there was initially a chance of the ...

An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Here’s what would happen if it hits — and why using ...

Countless asteroids in our solar system, some close, some far — but did you know that some of these space rocks have names?

So what gives? Astronomers were reportedly waiting for the skies to become darker to better study and understand the asteroid's trajectory as there was limited visibility around the full moon ...