An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. The ...

YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...

Asteroid headed towards Earth could smash into the Moon, scientists say - Nasa expects chances of Earth collision to be ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

YR4, approximately the size of the Statue of Liberty, may impact Earth on December 22, 2032. The probability of collision is ...

Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies has located an asteroid hurtling in our direction and believes it could make ...

because of this 99 percent chance it will miss,” said Paul Chodas, director of NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

Astronomers can’t even say right now if Asteroid 2024 Y4 will come anywhere near Earth ... will surely miss. Still, Apophis will pass within 20,000 miles of the surface of Earth, less than ...