A “city-destroying” asteroid is hurtling in the direction of Earth and has now made it to the top of a NASA risk table. The agency’s Planetary Defence Team was set up in order to detect and ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...

An asteroid, estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, has a chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. According to NASA, asteroid 2024 YR4 has a low probability of hitting Earth ...

Scientists have discovered a new asteroid with a one-in-83 chance of hitting Earth directly. The asteroid, known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, is currently 27 million miles from Earth and is expected to ...

Since being first reported in Chile on Jan. 27, 2025 after a close approach with Earth on Dec. 25, the asteroid's impact probability with Earth has increased from about 1% to 2.3%.

An asteroid may be heading toward Earth for a 2032 date, but don't worry — it's not looking to crash the party yet. NASA is closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4, which could potentially strike ...

The asteroid, known as 2024 YR4, was first detected on December 27, 2024, and is between 130 to 300 feet wide, NASA's risk list of near-Earth objects shows. If the asteroid does hit the planet ...

Imagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting the Earth in about 14 years — a space rock so big that it could not only take out a city but devastate a whole region.

Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, or Cneos, reviewed the trajectory of the asteroid 2024 YR4 and found that its odds of striking the planet in 2032 doubled to 2.3 per cent up from ...

That asteroid heading near Earth in 2032? The impact probability is now just 0.004%, NASA says The space rock, which briefly had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, is now expected to pass safely.

Asteroid Heading Toward Earth Blazes Across Sky in Fireball Over Siberia The European Space Agency said that the asteroid, which was about 27.5 inches wide, was seen burning up across the sky on ...