Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured the most detailed images yet of an oddly shaped asteroid during its recent flyby.

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...

YR4 asteroid is thought to be hockey puck shaped and house-sized, with the asteroid, detected in December, initially thought ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

The asteroid is shaped like a hockey puck and is about the size of a football field in diameter which is about 60m.

YR4, which recently caused concern over the possibility of it impacting Earth, has been the subject of extensive tracking ...

YR4, once considered a potential Earth threat, now poses a 3.8% chance of hitting the Moon in 2032. Initially, NASA flagged a ...

2024 YR4 hails from the middle of the main asteroid belt that hangs out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter – and it was ...

“This find was rather unexpected since most asteroids are ... Artist’s illustration of asteroid 2024 YR4 as it flies by the Earth and heads toward potential impact with the Moon (NOIRLab ...