The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...

The chances of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid hitting Earth just a few days before Christmas 2032 are increasing — but ...

International Asteroid Day is observed around the world on June 30. Founded after the release of the 2014 sci-fi film 51 Degrees North, which explores what would happen if an asteroid were to ...

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and position.

No? Well then you’re in luck, because NASA is just a few hours from intentionally smashing a probe into the minor planet Dimorphos as part of Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART ...

A massive asteroid, 2022 CE2, is set to make a close flyby of Earth on Thursday. The 370-foot asteroid will travel at an astounding speed of 47,721 km/h but poses no threat, passing at a safe ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

In September 2022, NASA demonstrated that it was possible to nudge an incoming asteroid out of harm's way ... the cosmic threat Earth could one day face. In that spirit, the ESA recently announced ...

The sixth annual Asteroid Day will kick off tomorrow, June 30. Some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about asteroid s include — what is an asteroid, which asteroid is the biggest ...

However, on NASA’s launch schedule is the Psyche mission to uncover a metal-rich asteroid of the same name. Originally scheduled to launch in September 2022, Psyche was scrubbed last year after ...