A professor of planetary astronomy at the University of Edinburgh has spoken on Asteroid 2024 YR4 - a massive space object that is said to 'plummeting' towards Earth.

NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.

The asteroid’s possible impact sites include the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, ...

Scientists are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.6% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Should we be concerned? Here’s ...

A really large asteroid strike likely contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. So we shouldn’t be too surprised that ...

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...

YR4 was discovered just a month ago. It is being monitored because there is a possibility – though very small – of impact ...

A newly-discovered asteroid about 100 metres wide and on a potential collision course with Earth has activated international planetary defence teams ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light on the perennial question of how life began on our planet.

A 'city-destroying' asteroid could hit Planet Earth within the next 10 years. The asteroid is called 2024 YR4 and it was found by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System - it has about a ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA) said the newly discovered asteroid 2024 ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named "2024 YR4", could cross Earth's trajectory in December 2032. With an estimated impact probability of 1.2%, this celestial body measuring 40 to 100 meters (130 ...