NASA has officially upgraded the likelihood of Earth being hit by an asteroid. The space rock, known as 2024 YR4, has been upgraded a number of times. At the end of January it was given a 1 per cent ...

Data shows the asteroid is the most threatening to Earth in modern forecasting and would cause "severe damage" to a region if ...

The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the threat once posed by Apophis.

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

Ahead of its dance with Saturn on Feb. 24, Mercury should be seen on Feb. 19 at magnitude -1.2 with binoculars 20 minutes ...

On Feb. 7, the asteroid’s chances of hitting our planet grew to 2.3 percent, and as of Feb. 18, there’s a 3.1 percent chance ...

Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks ...

On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...

When Earth first formed, it was too hot to retain ice. This means all the water on our planet must have originated from ...

Scientists have long debated the origin of the organic material found on Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt.