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

NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit ...

YR4 asteroid has a near-zero chance of striking Earth, but a slim chance of hitting the moon, new research says.

Remember when grabbing a coffee was just… grabbing a coffee? When a parma at the local was a budget meal? When Friday night ...

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The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...

A "potentially hazardous" Apollo-class asteroid will be making its closest pass by Earth in more than 100 years this week.

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

Plus: Observe two stunning spirals, see Venus reappear as a morning star, and enjoy the Last Quarter Moon in the sky this ...

In this week's Short Wave roundup, Berly McCoy and Regina Barber talk about the origins of life on Earth, what bird brains ...

A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The NEO Surveyor, set to launch in 2027, is the first spacecraft specifically ...