YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring asteroid 2025 CA2, which is set to pass by Earth on 18 February ...

While the YR4 is not even close to the size of the “planet-killer” asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, it ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth when on Dec. 22, ...

YR4, which was discovered in December 2024, currently has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, according to NASA. The percentage was initially calculated at just 1%, and scientists say that ...

NASA's Perseverance collects the “Silver Mountain” sample in Jezero, revealing geological secrets and possible traces of ...

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have ...

A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall could strike Earth on Dec.22, 2032, alerting planetary defense ...

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

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

The land under the Palos Verdes Peninsula has been sliding for decades. New data from NASA shows just how bad the problem is.