Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

Astronomers are using the James Webb telescope to study an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...

We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...

The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, according to a NASA update on Feb.

Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts notes while counterintuitive, the odds of impact go up before they drop to zero.

If it hits, the explosion would be 500 times as powerful as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and have a blast radius of ...

Scientists across the world, including some in Arizona, are keeping an eye on an asteroid that has a very slim chance of ...

YR4: Should we be worried about the space rock hurtling towards Earth? - Humanity has been working on ways to deflect ...

“We just don’t want to take any chances, and so we will keep tracking 2024 YR4.” And if it does become a problem, it may be time for Earth to rally anti-asteroid defenses. Never miss a ...