The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...

New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 probably won’t come nearly as close to Earth anytime soon as the space rock in this artist’s ...

Elon Musk has made unfounded claims that two NASA astronauts were left on the space station for "political reasons" after ...

Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but as astronomers make more observations about its trajectory, the odds of ...

The cloud cover isn't what it used to be, and scientists say it is helping fuel Earth's hottest temperatures on record.

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Fossils and genetics are starting to point to life emerging surprisingly soon after Earth formed, when the planet was ...

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, ...