A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear ...

The sneaky asteroid is from the Apollo cluster, a group of near-Earth asteroids that can occasionally get pretty close to us. It sped past at a break-neck 46,700 miles per hour, while it's believed to ...

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...

A ONCE-in-a-millennium mega asteroid will be visible to billions without the need for any equipment as it glides past Earth. Scientists have revealed that the historic planetary event will be ...

JAXA's Hayabusa 2 mission to asteroid 1998 KY26 might have unexpected challenges following new data on the rock's size, spin, ...

The European Space Agency signed a cooperation deal with South Korea and advanced a rideshare mission with Japan, as the ...

An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The ...

An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet — the highest probability ever assigned — before ...

A so-called "city killer" asteroid scientists have been monitoring after discovering it had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 "no longer poses a significant threat," NASA said in its latest ...

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the ...

Apophis will zoom safely past the Earth closer than the orbits of geosynchronous satellites on April 13, 2029. As well as the ...