A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

A new study suggests that dinosaurs likely weren't in decline before an asteroid wiped them out 66 million years ago; instead ...

For a few weeks in January and February this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 had us all worried. Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting ...

An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth anytime soon, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get a look at it anyway. If the name of the asteroid sounds ...

It's not every day that an asteroid causes as much buzz as 2024 YR4. The asteroid, which had a 3.1% chance to hit Earth at one point, created plenty of headlines about the potential of impact.

The Webb Space Telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA. The space rock, called 2024 YR4, was previously given up to a 3.1% chance of ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has raised the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4, a fast-moving object roughly the size ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a hazard to Earth, according to the James Webb Space Telescope Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work ...

The asteroid which caused panic about potentially colliding with Earth is the size of a building, Nasa has found. When it was found late last year, initial observations showed the asteroid 2024 ...