Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...

An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

NASA has released the first video of asteroid 2024 YR4, a 200-foot-wide space rock that has a 1.3% chance of striking Earth ...

The unassuming asteroid was first spotted in December by scientists at the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert ...

NASA and ESA monitor asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Learn about Near-Earth Objects ...

SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth.