REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

Two gargantuan canyons on the moon were carved by a hailstorm of rocks — and that’s good news for future lunar astronauts.

Is an asteroid set to collide with Earth in 2032? Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) say they have spotted a space rock that could smash into the Earth. While the ...

A newly-discovered 100 metre wide asteroid heading towards Earth has triggered ... Day which is about twice the distance to the moon and it was discovered two days later. Mr Chodas said scientists ...

The odds of a 'city-killer' asteroid smashing into the Earth on December 22, 2032 appear to have ticked up slightly. NASA previously estimated that Asteroid 2024 YR4, a nearly 200-foot-wide space ...

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CNN reports how new research from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center published to “Nature” has revealed that samples from the near-Earth asteroid, Bennu, contains organic compounds and ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --The European Space Agency is monitoring an asteroid with a slim chance to strike Earth in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was found on Dec. 27 by a telescope in Chile but has since caught ...

As far as space events go, February offers a glimpse of Venus at its brightest point of the year, a seven-planet alignment and the snow moon. The Alpha Centaurids meteor shower will happen this ...