Scientists have issued a chilling update on the 'city-destroying' asteroid due to make a perilously close pass of Earth and ...

YR4, previously dreaded to crash into Earth, is no longer a risk after fresh information altered its path, but it has a 2% ...

With the first round of Webb observations complete, the chances of 2024 YR4 impacting the Moon isn't zero. "While an Earth ...

"It penetrated deep into Earth's atmosphere, until the surviving mass shattered at 25 km above the Earth's surface where it ...

Unlike larger asteroids, 2024 YR4 exhibits unique thermal behaviour—likely due to its rapid rotation and a surface dominated ...

Discovered late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted at one point to have a 3% chance of smacking Earth in 2032.

Flying Astrobee robots being tested on the ISS could give rise to incredible guardian spacecraft that protect the station ...

After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as ...

Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently turned its watchful eye toward asteroid 2024 YR4, which we now know poses no ...