NASA announced Monday that the asteroid, named 2024 YR 4, no longer poses a “significant threat” to Earth in 2032 or beyond. ...

The main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson is now in sight as the Discovery Program mission prepares for a flyby of the object in ...

An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the ...

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...

The asteroid, which was first reported in December 2024 and is large enough to destroy an entire city, was initially ...

NASA’s eyes were locked on asteroid 2024 YR4, a massive space rock once feared to be on a collision course with Earth ...

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth 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) ...

Risk to planet from 2024 YR4, a football pitch-sized space rock, has been ‘significantly’ downgraded … but the Moon may still ...

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth have fallen once again, now to 0.28%, NASA announced on Thursday.

YR4 was initially discovered late last year and is believed to measure between 130 and 300 feet across, comparable to the ...

Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...