In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

Chinese defence agency recruits space researchers following discovery of large asteroid with a 2.2 per cent chance of striking Earth in 2032.

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.

Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies has located an asteroid hurtling in our direction and believes it could make ...

YR4 has a 2.2% chance of striking Earth in seven years, but recent updates keep pushing the odds in the wrong direction.

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short ...

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...

Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

Impact, also known as Meteor Hitting Earth In 2032, refers to an asteroid (named YR4) identified by NASA scientists in late ...

The newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR is being taken seriously by scientists at NASA who say it's got a legit shot at ...