The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Apophis will make its closest to Earth in 2029, giving astronomers a unique opportunity to refine their models. Beyond assessing collision risks, this event will help them better understand the ...

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...

The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...

The asteroid space scientists feared would hit Earth may now smash into the Moon instead. Space rock 2024 YR4 was originally ...

Remember the potential "city killer" asteroid we were all freaking out about, 2024 YR4? Initially predicted with a small but unsettling chance of hitting our planet seven years from now ...

He said other near-Earth asteroids are also on track to make close approaches. The 400m-wide Apophis will pass roughly 30,000km from Earth on April 13, 2029, he said.

A colossal asteroid, known as 2014 TN17, is set to make a chillingly close pass by Earth this week, marking the nearest approach in over 100 years. This massive space rock, measuring an estimated ...

A car-sized asteroid flew within about 2,950km of Earth on Sunday. That’s remarkably close – the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to asteroid trackers and a catalogue compiled by ...

There is a nonzero chance that somewhere in the nearby solar system is a rock that might kill us all. This stony assassin may well be orbiting the sun at this very moment, careening down a ...