The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.

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

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

Asteroid 2023 KU, comparable to a 35-story building, will safely pass Earth on April 11, 2025, at a distance twice that of ...

The Chicxulub asteroid crater supported marine life for 700,000 years, showing that some mass extinction events may help life ...

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...

NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.

NASA shares update on potential for city-destroying asteroid and says the chance of the asteroid hitting Earth are very slim.

A new study found dinosaurs were thriving on Earth before asteroid hit, challenging idea they were already in decline before ...

An international team is currently closely tracking the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4. The impact probability estimates for the year 2032 has been reduced from a peak of 3 percent to below 0.001 ...

According to a report led by planetary astronomer Andrew Rivkin of Johns Hopkins University, 2024 YR4 has a small chance of ...