Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 have again risen, though the risk remains tiny, astronomers say. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4.
A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity ...
February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, ...
Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. And as they learn more about ...
It came from outer space! In the early morning of June 30, 1908, people in the remote Tunguska region of Siberia beheld an ...
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...
YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...
The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about an asteroid that is said to be possibly on track for a collision with Earth. Question: What is the asteroid that's believed to ...
Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...
The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years ...
GRAND FORKS, ND — Astronomers have turned their high-powered telescopes toward a 100-meter wide asteroid hurtling in its orbit through the Milky Way galaxy and are hoping it doesn’t collide wi ...