Last year on the day of Christmas, a football sized asteroid passed close to the earth. It was around double the distance ...

This dangerous asteroid will be the target of observations by the James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomers will use the ...

The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a small country have been increased to 1 in 43.

Elon Musk wants to expand his tech empire. The CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, X, adviser to President Donald Trump and the world's richest man is now targeting Artificial Intelligence. Afte ...

Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.

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

At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was discovered in the last half of December, and R4 since it was the 117th rock to be ...

NASA and other world-leading space agencies are putting the most powerful eyes in the night sky on asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly discovered threat to Earth.

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

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

YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...

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