Update: Odds have slightly increased to 1 in 83. This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly ...

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for ...

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...

The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, was detected by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System on Dec. 27, 2024.

A 200-foot-wide asteroid found in December has a one-in-83 chance of hitting Earth, according to space agencies.

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

The 60-metre object has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever’, says astronomer ...

A sample from a primitive asteroid that was parachuted into Utah's West Desert in 2023 revealed the building blocks of life, ...