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

University of Hawaii astronomers are playing a pivotal role in tracking an asteroid once feared to pose a risk to Earth.

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. NASA has calculated that the ...

NASA is on high alert for a “city-killer” asteroid that’s headed toward Earth — cuz they don’t wanna miss a thing.

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on ...

The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the ...

"Nature already has settled the question. We just don't know that answer yet. That's why the tracking efforts continue," ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...