and the asteroid’s impact odds cratered—to most everyone’s great relief. But there’s more to this story besides the chills and thrills of a near miss. 2024 YR4’s threat was no exercise ...

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.

Hainaut The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers says that instead of stressing about the near miss ...

Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed a decrease in the asteroid's size, adjusting it from previously estimated dimensions of 131-295 feet (40-90 meters) to 174-220 feet (53 ...

Once declared to be on a collision course with Earth, an asteroid dubbed a “city killer” is now expected to miss the planet.

A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet – but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon.

Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...

Astronomers have now constructed a 3D model of asteroid 2024 YR4 using observations conducted by the Gemini South telescope ...

A so-called “city-killer” asteroid once feared to be on a collision course with Earth could instead crash into the Moon, ...

"Experts at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have updated 2024 YR4’s ...