A Chinese defence agency is recruiting space researchers following the discovery of a large asteroid with a 2.2 per cent ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers study asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small chance of striking Earth ...

As best as anyone can tell, if any hazardously sized asteroid were to hit Earth in the relatively near future, it would most ...

However, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3 percent chance of colliding with Earth in seven years' time, and its estimated width of ...

The volcanologist threw cold water on the defense potential of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft, which knocked the 580-foot-wide asteroid Dimorphos off course in 2022.

The constant danger to our planet is the impact of meteorites on its surface. Every day these space rocks pass through our ...

China is putting together a planetary defence team after scientists spotted a huge asteroid heading towards the Earth. NASA ...

YR4, a near-Earth asteroid has a one-in-45 chance of hitting Planet Earth in December 2032, NASA and the European Space ...

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

Scientists are using the James Webb Telescope to study Asteroid 2024 YR4 which has a chance of hitting Earth in 2032 ...

As we move into 2025, the field of space exploration is buzzing with exciting missions, new technologies, and a renewed focus ...

A newly discovered asteroid being tracked by the global science community has a nearly 98% chance of zooming by Earth without touching our atmosphere. However, if Asteroid 2024 YR4 does hit Earth, ...