YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an analysis from NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency ...

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.

NASA is about to begin a massive hunt for hidden asteroids, and may uncover city-destroying space rocks we’ve missed.

In 2022, NASA successfully altered the orbit of a target asteroid, Dimorphos, through its Double Asteroid Reflection Test (DART) mission. Dimorphos wasn't headed for a dangerous collision with Earth, ...

A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the Moon, according to ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

But only one has been tested on an actual asteroid. In 2022, NASA’s DART mission successfully altered a harmless asteroid’s ...

That number could fluctuate in the coming years. The asteroid Dimorphos, captured by NASA’s DART mission just two seconds before the spacecraft struck its surface in September 2022. Credit ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA. The space rock, called 2024 YR4, was previously given up to a 3.1% chance of ...

In September 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impacted the asteroid Dimorphos. The collision changed Dimorphos's orbit successfully, and now scientists hope to study the ...