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 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 ...

An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth anytime soon, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get a look at it anyway. If the name of the asteroid sounds ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has raised the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4, a fast-moving object roughly the size ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA. The space rock, called 2024 YR4, was previously given up to a 3.1% chance of ...

It's not every day that an asteroid causes as much buzz as 2024 YR4. The asteroid, which had a 3.1% chance to hit Earth at one point, created plenty of headlines about the potential of impact.

For a few weeks in January and February this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 had us all worried. Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting ...

A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The asteroid, thought to be ...