A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...

KU is about 113 metres wide, nearly as tall as a 35-storey building. It is currently travelling at over 64,800 kilometres per ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...

YR4, once a potential Earth threat, likely originated from the main asteroid belt's central region, a surprising origin for ...

YR4 asteroid is thought to be hockey puck shaped and house-sized, with the asteroid, detected in December, initially thought ...

A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

While asteroid mining is already being undertaken, the first mission didn't exactly go off without a hitch. Here's what ...

The space rock was first detected in December and was initially considered to have a chance of striking Earth in 2032.

However, recent observations made by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found that the asteroid could still smash into the Moon. It now has a 3.8 per cent chance of a lunar strike, up from a 1.8 per ...