NASA has announced an asteroid that is heading this way, has a greater chance of hitting the Earth than initially thought.

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has become a staple in science news columns. This space rock has a fluctuating but small chance to hit our ...

A scientist who has written a book on how to defend our planet from an asteroid collision, has spoken out following news of ...

There's a slim chance a sizeable asteroid could collide with our planet in 2032, and it's fair to wonder why the powers that ...

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

Is Earth in danger of getting hit by another asteroid that wipes out living creatures? Not quite. Astronomers at space agencies around the world are closely watching ...

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.

The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...

NASA and the European Space Agency have issued updates on what is considered to be the most dangerous asteroid astronomers ...

The infinite cosmos is a perilous expanse, filled with celestial objects that could be on a collision course with Earth.

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, ...