The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a small country have been increased to 1 in 43.

Astronomers discovered the asteroid 2024 YR4 at the end of December. Because the originally calculated probability of a ...

In eight years' time, an asteroid dozens of meters in size could hit the Earth. One of our best instruments is now to ...

As the chances of the 'city-killing' asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth increase, the world's space agencies have made a rare emergency decision.

European Space Agency (ESA) announced about a rare «time-critical» decision that will direct James Webb Space Telescope. At ...

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

YR4 could hit Earth in 2032, but the chances are currently tiny based on the latest observations by the scientific community.

Now, that risk has almost doubled according to new data, with the 90-metre-wide asteroid having a 2.3% of colliding with ...

NASA says it's aware of an asteroid with a "very small chance" of hitting Earth in seven years. It's raised questions about what scientists could do to divert a threatening asteroid — and who would be ...

NASA and other world-leading space agencies are putting the most powerful eyes in the night sky on asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly discovered threat to Earth.

In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short ...