The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

The recent discovery of the asteroid 2024 YR4 has drawn intriguing comparisons to the iconic film Armageddon, where a team of ...

The threat of Asteroid 2024 YR4 has not gone away just yet. The near-Earth object was discovered in December and calculations of its orbit showed something concerning: there was a remote possibility ...

An steroid up to 300ft wide now has a 2.2% chance of colliding into Earth. It could prompt a space mission to intercept it.

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

According to SpaceX’s own calculation, the Roadster completed its first orbit around the Sun in August 2019 and made its first close approach to Mars on Oct. 7, 2020.

A new study suggests the craters were dug out by rocky debris after the lunar surface was struck around 3.8 billion years ago ...

AN asteroid the size of a football pitch cannot be ignored, an expert has warned after its chances of hitting Earth increased ...

In a recent study, scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in South Korea ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...