The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been allocated emergency observation time to study asteroid 2024 YR4, which has been classified as potentially hazardous. The space rock was identified in ...

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are shifting, with the space rock now carrying a 1-in-48 chance of collision.

This dangerous asteroid will be the target of observations by the James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomers will use the ...

In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

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

NASA is using its most powerful space telescope to study the true size of the "city-killer" asteroid that has a one-in-43 ...

Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.

Why an asteroid on a collision course with Earth is actually good for humanity - ANALYSIS: Asteroid 2024 YR4 could have a ...

CV will pass Earth at a distance of 4,760,000 km, over five times the Earth-Moon distance. Three other asteroids passed by ...

A new near-Earth asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has been detected by astronomers as it made a close approach to Earth recently.

A large "city-killer" asteroid previously thought to have an increasing chance of colliding with Earth may actually be on ...

YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance ...