The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
NASA announced Monday that the asteroid, named 2024 YR 4, no longer poses a “significant threat” to Earth in 2032 or beyond. ...
The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...
The main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson is now in sight as the Discovery Program mission prepares for a flyby of the object in ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) ...
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth have fallen once again, now to 0.28%, NASA announced on Thursday.
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the ...
A NASA planetary defense mission will ride to space atop a SpaceX rocket two and a half years from now.The agency announced ...