The impact probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 has just been raised to 3.1%—the highest ever recorded for a near-Earth object! Scientists are closely monitoring this space rock’s trajectory, speed, and ...

Initially, when the space rock was discovered, astronomers noted a small but notable chance of collision in 2032 ...

Data from Zhurong provide an unprecedented look into rocks buried near a proposed shoreline billions of years old. The ...

YR4 was recently upgraded to a level three threat on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, but its chances of impact are now nearly ...

United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at ...

Earth will lose its oxygen, making it uninhabitable for life forms that depend on oxygen. The planet will become methane-rich ...

The odds that the space rock, 2024 YR4, will smash into our planet in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, leading astronomers to conclude that we are no longer in danger.

The latest calculations show Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses next to no threat on impacting Earth. The impact probability was as high as 3.1%, but has now dropped to 0.004%. This decrease comes after ...

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...

asteroid 2024 YR4 is rated 3 on the International Astronomical Union's Torino Impact Hazard Scale, which rates the risk of asteroids making close encounters with Earth. That rating indicates a ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of colliding with Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, thanks to new ...

SpaceX on Monday will launch a Falcon 9 rocket into low-Earth orbit outfitted with 21 Starlink satellites, 13 of which will ...