A privately-built spacecraft has embarked on an unprecedented deep space mission to scout out an asteroid's potential for mining. The probe, called Odin, was launched on a SpaceX rocket alongside ...

The asteroid, Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was first spotted by telescopes on Dec. 27, now has a 0.004 percent chance of hitting the planet and is “expected to safely pass… ...

(CNN) — Asteroid 2024 YR4, deemed the riskiest asteroid on record last week, now has nearly a zero percent chance of impacting Earth in 2032, according to NASA and the European Space Agency.

The estimated flight path of an asteroid the size of Big Ben’s tower will see it pass over some of the world’s most populous cities, according to the latest data from Nasa. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Scientists are watching a newly discovered asteroid very closely as the odds of it hitting Earth are increasing. The asteroid was discovered in December 2024 and is named ...

(CNN) - The odds of an asteroid hitting the Earth in seven years have increased once again. Astronomers said the threat posed by Asteroid 2024 YR4 now exceeds the threat posed by the widely known ...

(CNN) - The odds of an asteroid hitting the Earth in seven years have increased once again. Astronomers said the threat posed by Asteroid 2024 YR4 now exceeds the threat posed by the widely known 2004 ...