Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...
Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...
Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...
The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...
"Odin's role is to gather critical imagery of the target asteroid, preparing the way for our next mission, Vestri, which will ...
While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven years, the co-lead of NASA's DART mission says a small spacecraft could deflect the space rock's course.
Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.
The chances of the asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 appear to have doubled, but an asteroid hunter explains to Space.com why this isn't cause for concern.
The probability of a 2032 collision with the 50-meter asteroid has risen to 1.9%. However, ongoing calculations in the coming ...
SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth. It comes after an expert warned that the chance of the giant space ...
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance ...