Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

Look at it this way — there's around a 98 per cent chance an asteroid up to the size of a football field won't hit the Earth ...

Scientists are using the world's most powerful telescopes to track this space rock as it makes its way through the galaxy.

The massive space rock with the risk of hitting Earth's surface within the next seven years has kept scientists on their toes ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to ...

A blinding flash nearly as bright as the Sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for miles. It may sound ...

Former astronaut Chris Hadfield has revealed what impact the 2024 YR4 asteroid could have on the planet if it strikes Earth in seven years.

On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...

An asteroid as large as the width of an Nfl football field will approach Earth in less than a decade, and the chances of it ...