The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, first detected in ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life on Earth if it ever hit the planet.

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

Researchers have proposed many origins for a gravity anomaly in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, but the latest evidence ...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...

The crater was first noticed because of a strange dip in Earth’s gravitational field. Back then, ground-based surveys using ...

While not classified as 'potentially hazardous' due to its distance, its size and velocity ... massive craters and widespread destruction. The last asteroid that hit Earth was the Chelyabinsk ...

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not so much.

Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...

Astronomers have constructed a 3D representation of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be one of the biggest objects to ...