The upcoming Axiom Mission 4, also known as Ax-4, is the latest in a series of human spaceflights in partnership with both ...

the co-lead of NASA's DART mission says a small spacecraft could deflect the space rock's course. Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 2.3% chance of striking the Earth on Wednesday, Dec. 22 ...

Venus may be hiding asteroids that could be catastrophic if they were to hit Earth, according to some researchers. A new study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics ...

2024 YR4 asteroid has chance to hit Earth: Scientists NASA first discovered “2024 YR4,” a 174-to-220-foot-wide asteroid, in December and found it only had roughly a 1% chance of impacting Earth on its ...

Astronomers are watching 2024 YR4 closely before it disappears from view. Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

Designated as near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, both NASA observers and members of the worldwide planetary defense community felt at first that the object, said to be 174-220 feet in size, might hit ...

April 3 (UPI) --NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is the size of a 10-story building and is now more likely to make impact with the moon. Designated as near-Earth ...

The ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 will come perilously close to the Earth, and may even hit the moon in 2032, James Webb Telescope observations confirm. | Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI ...

NASA officials this week said recent calculations show a significantly smaller risk than previously believed that Earth could be annihilated in 2032 as a result of being hit by Asteroid 2024 YR4.

NASA has officially ruled out any risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth, following fresh observations on February 23, 2025. Initially considered one of the most significant impact risks e ...