NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...

NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...

YR4 was discovered just a month ago. It is being monitored because there is a possibility – though very small – of impact ...

A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.

Further research might bring those odds down to zero, but we will likely have to wait a couple of years to know for sure ...

The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for ...

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

An asteroid the size of a skyscraper, 2024 YR4, has caught NASA’s attention due to a slight chance — just over 1% — of impacting Earth in 2032. While this sounds alarming, history shows that similar ...

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System — a global network of telescopes funded by NASA to find Earth-threatening ...