Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Chances of a collision have been repeatedly revised upwards but have now started to fall – but it may still hit the Moon ...

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

While finding massive metallic rocks in space is relatively easy, asteroids that are just ten metres in size are far harder ...

Nasa upgrades chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in disaster event - There is now a 1-in-38 chance that the space rock will hit us in 2032 – with potentially disastrous consequences ...

"It wouldn't affect the global climate, but it would certainly be a disaster of every proportion. So we're all hoping that doesn't happen." In order to gain a greater understanding of the asteroid ...

Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 131 to 295 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, a “size range comparable to that of a large building,” said Dr. Paul Chodas ...

"It wouldn't affect the global climate, but it would certainly be a disaster of every proportion. So we're all hoping that doesn't happen." In order to gain a greater understanding of the asteroid and ...

who might have in mind such Hollywood asteroid disaster movies as Armageddon and Deep Impact. “Asteroid impacts are a genuine concern. We know that they can have quite destructive effects.

On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...