Scientists are keeping close watch on the space rock, which was spotted last month and is currently heading away from Earth.

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for ...

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

The odds of a recently discovered massive asteroid hitting Earth within the next seven years are shockingly not zero. Dubbed ...

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...

NASA says there's a tiny chance it could collide with Earth, and it's much too soon to know where that impact could be.

A 200-foot-wide asteroid found in December has a one-in-83 chance of hitting Earth, according to space agencies.

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...