The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

A massive asteroid, 2024 YR4, initially estimated at 40 meters in diameter, is actually 60 meters wide, posing a more ...

If it were to hit the earth, it would unleash a deadly blast over 500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on ...

YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

Further observations by the James Webb Space Telescope successfully measured the asteroid’s thermal emission. According to ...

A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream views of the asteroid's close approach online. An asteroid ...

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 ...

The possibility of “city-killing” asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth is no longer a threat, but it could strike the moon, according to scientists. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...