A newly discovered asteroid being tracked by the global science community has a nearly 98% chance of zooming by Earth without ...

Astronomers have been given access to the James Webb Space Telescope to assess the threat posed by asteroid 2024 YR4, which ...

Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids ... This asteroid is certainly worth watching because it could devastate a city with a direct hit—even on the small side ...

The internet is currently swimming with talk about an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. "Could" is a stretch, however, as scientists currently estimate those chances are 2.3%, according to ...

Five asteroids are expected to make close approaches to Earth this weekend. A large asteroid could pass close ... and 330 feet in diameter and could hit Earth in 2032, according to NASA's Center ...

However, he said that there is "at least 98 percent chance that the asteroid won't hit the Earth. "The other thing to bear in mind is that we can deflect these things. If it's done early enough ...

Beatty said. Based on what astronomers do know, they estimate there is a 1.3% chance that it will hit Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. The asteroid was first spotted Dec. 27, 2024, by NASA’s Asteroid ...

No, or at least not because of the 2024 YR asteroid. First off, there is currently only about a one-in-43 chance that this rock hits Earth, and those odds will change (and probably go down ...

The internet is currently swimming with talk about an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. "Could" is a stretch, however, as scientists currently estimate those chances are 2.3%, according to ...