YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

It's the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first discovered the notorious Apophis in 2004, which was eventually dismissed as a threat when it approaches in 2029. NASA and the ...

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

The NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-APEX hovers over the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, using its thrusters to disturb the asteroid's surface to reveal what lies beneath, as shown in an ...

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Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered ... This happened with the asteroid Apophis — a 1,100-foot-wide behemoth that once had a small chance of impacts in both 2029 and ...

In the coming years, both NASA and the European Space Agency, NASA's counterpart across the pond, plan to take advantage of the rare flyby by sending uncrewed spacecraft to observe Apophis. The ESA ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - For about six weeks now, NASA has been tracking a small asteroid ... Back in 2004, an asteroid called “Apophis” topped out at four on the Torino Scale before it was ...

NASA and the European Space Agency initially ... The alert level is the second-highest recorded since 2004, when the asteroid Apophis reached a Level 4, but additional observations later ...

For example, the asteroid Apophis was once considered one of the ... manager for the Center for Near Earth Object Studies, or CNEOS, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.