The odds of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth early in about eight years time has gone up. Here’s why astronomers are ...

NASA's watchful eye on the skies has recently spotted asteroid Bennu, a celestial body with a slim chance of impacting Earth.

Last week, the European Space Agency (ESA) gave the asteroid a 1.3 per cent chance of hitting the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

YR4, discovered on December 27, 2024, by the ATLAS survey in Chile, has recently garnered attention due to an increased ...

Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

NASA has revealed that the chances of the city-destroying asteroid known as '2024 YR4' hitting Earth when it passes by in 2032 have increased.

An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...

The fear of a collision between Earth and a meteorite is growing. The European Space Agency (ESA), in constant collaboration with the US agency (NASA), is still trying to gather as ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

The likelihood of a giant asteroid striking Earth in 2032 has increased, According to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first spotted by an automated telescope in Chile in December 2024. In January, the asteroid had a relatively slim 1.3 per cent chance of hitting Earth. But according to NASA's ...

A space rock with some history could be on a collision course with Earth, though, to be fair, it's pretty unlikely. Bennu has a 1:2,700 chance of hitting us in 2182.