Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Asteroid 2024 YR4 as captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope using both its NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI ...

Asteroid 2007 FT3 was classified as a city killer before vanishing in 2007 and remaining untracked for nearly two decades.

On hearing the words "city killer" and "asteroid" in the same sentence, you'd be forgiven for thinking something bad is about to happen. But not to fear. Although an asteroid with the potential to ...

Scientists estimate a 4.3 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could strike the Moon, creating a massive crater and ...

The moon is pummeled by asteroids nearly every day, creating new craters constantly that can range from a few feet to many miles across. The asteroid impacts, when they’re large enough, create flashes ...

An asteroid hit Earth's atmosphere last Friday. Astronomers were able to precisely determine where it was going to strike. And despite seeing it just two hours before impact, its small size meant it ...

Learn how the emergence of new plankton species started life's swift recovery after the asteroid impact that killed most ...

With data collected months before its main survey is due to begin, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is already upending what we ...