Even with an estimated impact probability of just 1.3 per cent at the time, it was still by far the biggest threat to Earth and shot to the top of NASA's and ESA's risk lists. With an estimated ...

NASA has updated its predictions for asteroid 2024 YR, increasing the chances of a collision with Earth on December 22, 2032, from 1% to 2.3%, roughly a one-in-43 chance. The asteroid, up to 90 meters ...

Beyond the immediate impact damage, an asteroid impact would have long-lasting effects on Earth's atmosphere. What would ...

So while the odds have doubled, astronomers aren't too worried. When 2024 YR 4 had a risk of less than 1%, NASA's Planetary ...

NASA scientists continuously track asteroids that pass near Earth to assess potential risks. After three asteroids—2025 CJ3, ...

Space agencies and thousands of astronomers are working against the clock to determine the trajectory of the body before it ...

Astronomers are turning to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2% chance of ...

Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, ...

It’s an out-of-this-world experiment for a group of Albuquerque middle schoolers working with NASA to send ingredients up to space to make pizza. “I feel ...

At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was discovered in the last half of December, and R4 since it was the 117th rock to be ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...