A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

The probability of the asteroid hitting Earth has fluctuated over the past few weeks Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work ...

NASA announced Monday that the asteroid, named 2024 YR 4, no longer poses a “significant threat” to Earth in 2032 or beyond. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

NASA estimates that the space rock has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth in December 2032 ... with a chance of hitting our planet and reaching a 4 out of 10 on the Torino Scale.

On Dec. 17, the asteroid will come to within 5 million miles of Earth. Then, on Dec.22, 2032, 2024 YR4 will pass within just 167,000 miles of our planet. For context, the moon is 238,855 miles away.

A so-called "city killer" asteroid scientists have been monitoring after discovering it had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 "no longer poses a significant threat," NASA said in its latest ...

Let’s get the first question out of the way quickly. Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 50- to 90-meter-wide Earth-approaching object, is likely not going to hit our planet in 2032. But, since the odds of it ...

While the risk to Earth is negligible, 2024 YR4 has a slightly higher chance of impacting the moon. Don't worry, astronomers now say a recently discovered asteroid poses no threat of colliding ...

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. A week ago ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years are now so low, they may as well be zero. The space rock between 130 and 300 feet long has caused quite a stir since ...

Russia says it is open for economic cooperation with the United States, including on energy and mining rare earth minerals. Moscow’s comments came after US President Donald Trump said Monday he ...

Earth is moving much faster than it seems ... The Milky Way, too, moves in space relative to other galaxies. In about 4 billion years, the Milky Way will collide with its nearest neighbor ...