A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

Astronomers track asteroid 2024 YR4, with a 1.9% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, but NASA said there's nothing to be worried about.

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

The 55m-wide asteroid would strike the Earth with 500 times the energy of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. But the odds of ...

The possibility of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting our planet might not be ruled out until 2028, raising the prospect we’ll ...

Astronomers have significantly increased the odds of a giant asteroid hitting the earth by 2032. The giant asteroid, ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

A recently discovered, sizable asteroid may come within striking distance of Earth in less than eight years. But although the ...