After creating panic across the globe over its 'city-killer' tag, Asteroid 2024 YR4 predicted to hit Earth ‘in 2032 seems to have offered some respite. NASA says the impact risk has reduced.

It will approach Earth safely on 18 February 2025 without posing any threat to the planet. Through its observations on NEOs, NASA not only enables space science but also contributes to planetary ...

If you've been worrying about reports of a possible asteroid impact in 2032, we have very good news. NASA has dropped the probability of an impact from asteroid 2024 YR4 — at first to 1 in 67 ...

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, now has a 1.5% probability of hitting earth in 2032, according to NASA — and international agencies are feverishly working together to track the space rock and ...

Still, NASA tracks close approaches and calculates the odds of those space rocks — including asteroids, meteors and meteorites — impacting Earth. "The majority of near-Earth objects have ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade ... Ernie Mastroianni/NASA The uncertainty surrounding this space rock is still prominent as astronomers race to find out as ...

Space can be a wondrous place ... They say opposites attract, and NASA thinks so too. NASA's Earth Observatory website posted this lovely pair today, for Valentines Day. Pictured on the left ...

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

On Feb. 18, 2025, NASA updated the probability of asteroid "2024 YR4" impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, from 2.6% to 3.1%. The European Space Agency (ESA) also updated its estimate of the ...

Don Pettit’s been snapping away in orbit again. This time, the NASA astronaut has captured a stunning image of the Milky Way from the International Space Station (ISS) . It also features Earth and ...

3 NASA astronauts, cosmonaut return to Earth Crew-8 splashes down off ... Read full article: SpaceX launches late-night Starlink mission from Space Coast SpaceX early Saturday launched another ...

2024 YR4 still poses the slightest risk to Earth within the next 100 years, but recent estimates from space agency experts suggest there’s much less to worry about now. 2024 YR4 asteroids NASA ...