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

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

NASA is tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth in December 2032. The asteroid, first ...

SCIENTISTS do not have much time to deflect an asteroid a size of a football pitch that is hurtling towards Earth, an expert ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made.

Now experts have modelled what the possible impact of 2024 YR4 – equal to 15,000,000 tons of TNT – could look like. Scientists currently calculate there is a 2.3% chance, or one in 43, that the flying ...

Astronomers have opened up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to foreign scientists to determine how much damage the ...

The asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 has the highest Earth collision probability ever recorded on the European Space Agency's scale, ...

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.

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

Scientists – led by experts from Nasa – have spent more than 10 years working out how to prevent a devastating asteroid ...