The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter ...

A fireball – which is what an asteroid is called once it enters Earth's atmosphere – exploded about 14 miles (22.5km) above the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia. Eyewitnesses described the light ...

In mid-February 2025 astronomers announced that 2024 YR4—a recently discovered asteroid big enough to severely damage or even destroy a city—stood a 3.1 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

Clustered around the city's port on the banks of the St. Lawrence River are the quaint stone buildings and narrow, winding streets of Old Québec. This historic neighborhood (and UNESCO World ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn that “city killer” space rock could approach our planet again ...

A colossal asteroid, known as 2014 TN17 ... Experts have labeled 2014 TN17 a "city-killer" due to its sheer size and destructive potential. If a collision were to occur, the impact could cause ...

One such space rock is the potential city-killer asteroid 2024 YR4, which made headlines earlier this year when the chances of it hitting our planet in 2032 rose as high as 3.1%. The odds of ...

Kota: Four students of Mahatma Gandhi govt school, Pachpahar, a modest town in the Jhalawar district of Rajasthan, have discovered a hitherto unknown asteroid in the main asteroid belt (MAB ...

A massive 540-foot asteroid, 2014 TN17, is heading towards Earth at an astonishing velocity of 77,282 km/h, space agency NASA has announced. The asteroid, which is approximately twice the size of Taj ...

A massive asteroid, 2014 TN17, is heading toward Earth at a staggering speed of 77,282 km/h, NASA has warned. While it will pass at a safe distance, its classification as a "potentially hazardous ...