Let’s get the first question out of the way quickly. Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 50- to 90-meter-wide Earth-approaching object, is likely not going to hit our planet in 2032. But, since the odds of it ...

AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially metallic asteroid is packed and ready to lift off. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan reported on AstroForge in 2023 when its ...

The asteroid — which was initially discovered in December 2024 — is large enough to destroy a whole city, according to scientists Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024.

NASA has been monitoring the asteroid and providing updates on its trajectory. While the asteroid is relatively small, it could still cause significant damage if it were to hit Earth. The asteroid ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is being keenly watched by astronomers since its discovery in December last year. Dubbed "city killer", the space rock now has an estimated 1.5 per cent (or 1 in 67) chance of ...

Newly discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 has gotten quite a bit of attention over the past week, as scientists initially determined that it had a chance of hitting Earth in 2032. The internet ...

When astronomers discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 late last year, not much was mentioned about the probability of it colliding with Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is approximately 150-feet wide and could ...

An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet — the highest probability ever assigned ...

Based on classic 1943 children’s book, “The Little Prince,” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (a French aviator as well as author), the play tells the story of a world-weary and disenchanted ...

A new asteroid detected by the ATLAS telescope in Chile has been getting a lot of attention on social media lately as it has the potential to smash into Earth. This near-Earth object has undergone ...

and it is generally agreed that at least three are needed to determine an orbit – how quickly our asteroid is going and where it is headed. Further observations refine the orbit a little more ...

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 ...