New black-and-white pictures have emerged of 2024 YR4, the 'city killer' asteroid that has a 1-in-48 chance of smashing into the Earth and would obliterate New York if it struck the city ...

A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a collision course with Earth. “Only a few asteroids have been studied like this, ...

That's because this space rock, designated asteroid 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-48 chance of impacting Earth in 2032 ... of the asteroid to obtain these images," Bolin explained. "The observations ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid set to whiz past Earth tomorrow at a thundering 29,304 miles per hour. The space rock ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid zipping past the Earth at nearly 16,000 miles per hour today. The asteroid, known as "2025 DM7," is estimated to be about 42 feet across and soared past our ...

There’s still a 1.7 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA.

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s ...

For a time, it was the only object among more than 37,000 known large space rocks with any chance of hitting Earth anytime ...

There are more Gemini South images of 2024 YR4 in the pipeline, but as the asteroid is currently heading away from Earth, it might be a while until we get a really good look at this space rock ...