YR4 has reached the highest risk of impact yet, according to both NASA and the European Space Agency, with the agencies ...

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

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

Artist's conception of the DART spacecraft approaching the Didymos asteroid system before deflecting the Dimorphos moonlet ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes ...

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The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Chile, dubbed ATLAS, came across the space rock while observing the ...

The one silver lining is that Dr. Rankin’s forecast is slightly less dire than current estimates, which assert that YR4 has a 2.3 per cent chance of hitting our planet, putting it at the top of NASA’s ...

NASA says an asteroid measuring up to 300 feet across could crash into Earth in 2032. While the agency says the chances of collision with our planet are extremely low, the impact probability has ...

Deflection efforts “might not be able to stop 2024 YR4,” cautioned Robin George Andrews, a London volcanologist and author, ...

Scientists are debating multiple options to deal with an asteroid which could hit Earth in 2032 – but one is emerging as the ...

YR4 could have a positive impact on Earth, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, with Nasa saying it could ‘herald a new era for ...