YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one ...

Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...

The scientific community is on alert after the discovery of the asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, by the ATLAS ...

YR4, with a one percent chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, has captured scientists' attention due to its potential for ...

A hundred-metre-wide asteroid has been placed at the top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December last year ...

Global planetary defence procedures have been triggered for the first time after a 100 metre-wide asteroid was revealed to ...

Observatories on Maunakea and Haleakalā are actively tracking 2024 YR4 to refine its trajectory. In 2022, UH was instrumental ...

For the first time a giant asteroid has triggered global planetary defence procedure, after its revealed there is a chance, ...