The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, has less than a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Its impact probability will continue to be refined as more data is collected. NASA said that the possibility of the ...

‘City-Killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 Goes Viral As NASA Sounds Off On Its Impact Risk Pixabay The phrase 'city-killer asteroid' has quickly gone viral online after scientists tracked a near-Earth object ...

An asteroid roughly the size of one to two school buses will fly by Earth Monday, coming as close as 56,913 miles, according to the European Space Agency — equivalent to about one quarter of the ...

This big asteroid was discovered shortly before it was expected to hurtle past Earth. Any time you see a headline about ...

The Earth will miss YR₄ in seven years in 2024, that is now considered certain. But a collision with the moon cannot yet be completely ruled out. As NASA now assures us, the asteroid will continue to ...

Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A “city killer” asteroid the size of the Empire State ...

The 27-feet space rock is zooming past Earth at a whopping 45,522 mph.