A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Hollywood films would have you believe that the best way to deal with an Earth-threatening asteroid is to blast it out of ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

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.

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 have again risen, though the risk remains tiny, astronomers say. Here's what to ...

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...

Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat from the asteroid 2024 YR4, Nasa and the European Space Agency said Tuesday. At one point, the odds of a strike in ...

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

Hera will investigate the consequences of the targeted impact of the Dart probe into an asteroid moon. It has now gained ...