NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Tuesday that 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of impact, but astronomers lowered the estimate ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. NASA has calculated that the ...

When Isaac Newton inscribed onto parchment his now-famed laws of motion in 1687, he could have only hoped we'd be discussing ...

YR4 continues to keep us on our toes as astronomers work to determine its potential threat to our planet, but the latest ...

To make space servicing safer and more efficient, researchers created a fuel-efficient, collision-free trajectory optimization method for CubeSats. Their algorithm allows small spacecraft to work ...

On Tuesday, astronomers reported that 2024 YR4’s probability of colliding with Earth increased to approximately 3%, which is ...

Astronomers are keeping a close watch on asteroid 2024 YR4. This asteroid has a small probability of impacting the Earth in ...

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...

Some are as big as the Statue of Liberty. But these aren’t asteroids from our own solar system– they may have come from an ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which once had the highest recorded impact probability for its size.

The giant space rock 2024 YR4, which has been labelled a potential "city killer", has been monitored by astronomers since it was discovered last December. Earlier this week, NASA forecast it had a 2 ...