An asteroid has a slight chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Here's why the odds are a moving target, according to the ...

"Many of them had feathers, [so] they could insulate themselves just like mammals can," Brusatte said. In addition, some ...

The chances a ‘city killer’ asteroid will crash into Earth in seven years’ time have fallen, NASA has said. Scientists have ...

Even in the increasingly unlikely event of an impact from YR4, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest appear to be safe from impact ...

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth have fallen once again, now to 0.28%, NASA announced on Thursday.

For several years, astronomers have been aware of a much-ballyhooed “city-killer” asteroid named YR4 2024, which is hurtling ...

With the new observations, NASA has warned that there is around a 1% chance that the asteroid could impact the moon. That ...

The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does ...

NASA’s double-asteroid redirection test, launched in 2022, was an actual experiment in space. It sent a rocket to strike an ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...