New insights from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggested that the asteroid may be on a crash trajectory with the ...

The asteroid is shaped like a hockey puck and is about the size of a football field in diameter which is about 60m.

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YR4 asteroid has a near-zero chance of striking Earth, but a slim chance of hitting the moon, new research says.

An analysis of North America’s fossil record for the 18 million years before dinosaurs disappeared suggests the prehistoric ...

NASA says the chances of an asteroid dubbed ‘2024 YR4’ hitting the lunar surface have doubled since February. The odds of an ...

and the potential effect – if any – it would have on Earth. In a more comprehensive report published in the Research Notes of ...

Scientists have unveiled new information about the 2024 YR4, a 'city killer' asteroid that scientists had warned could have a ...

The city-killer asteroid's Moon impact risk has almost more than doubled, according to new NASA reports. Here's what we know.

An asteroid which could be up to 220 feet wide will now miss Earth - but the chances of the space rock slamming into the moon ...

What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...