NASA has discovered a new asteroid, 2024 YR4, which has the highest impact probability on record, with a 1 in 25,000 chance of hitting Earth and a 1.7% chance of impacting the Moon as of February 24, ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

NASA has successfully and intentionally crashed its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft into an asteroid. It is part of a test to see if scientists can alter the path of the Dimorphos ...

The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...