Once the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer couldn’t survey widely anymore, NASA scientists switched gears and began using ...

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

Was 2020’s ‘Don’t Look Up’ accurate? Find out what NASA revealed about an asteroid that will approach Earth in 2032.

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

The moon rock signifying NASA's lunar ambitions had adorned Joe Biden's Oval Office throughout his entire presidential ...

NASA and ESA monitor asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Learn about Near-Earth Objects ...

President Donald Trump on Friday said he plans to sign an executive order promoting plastic straws after his predecessor ...