Astronomers believe that 14,000 undiscovered near-Earth objects like asteroids ... could potentially be used to counter an asteroid heading for our planet. "It's the only natural disaster that ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn that “city killer” space rock could approach our planet again ...

which is approaching our planet. The asteroid, measuring 165 meters in width—twice the size of the Taj Mahal—is heading toward Earth at a high speed of 77,282 km/hour. Although the asteroid ...

2025 DM7 is not the only asteroid within the vicinity of our planet today. Another bus-sized space rock, "2025 DT24," also skimmed past the Earth this morning. And two airplane-sized asteroids ...

GRAND FORKS, ND — Astronomers have turned their high-powered telescopes toward a 100-meter wide asteroid hurtling in its orbit through the Milky Way galaxy and are hoping it doesn’t collide ...

A few weeks ago, Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines for being surprisingly likely to hit Earth in the next several years. After peaking at an impact likelihood of about 3%, additional data was ...

Thankfully, NASA's projections indicate that the asteroid is expected to safely pass by our planet this time. The Unpredictable Nature of Near-Earth Objects Despite reassuring predictions ...

NASA officials this week said recent calculations show a significantly smaller risk than previously believed that Earth could be annihilated in 2032 as a result of being hit by Asteroid 2024 YR4.

Recently the asteroid 2024 YR4, which is expected to pass Earth in 2032, was calculated to have a 1 in 83 chance of striking our planet. Then a week passed and suddenly there was a new headline ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Astronomers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa discovered an asteroid in 2024 that had a small chance of colliding with the Earth in 2032. The asteroid, 2024 YR4 ...

These unseen rocks can't easily be identified and tracked. If a massive asteroid hit Earth, it could transform the planet into an unlivable hellscape. So keep your fingers tightly crossed.