Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.

New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...

The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

The James Webb Space Telescope, which has an infrared eye that allows it to track the asteroid further out than optical light ...

The asteroid's odds of smacking Earth have gone up in recent days, but that number is not set in stone. There's a lot still ...

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

or deflect asteroids would keep Earth safer in the long run. 2024 YR4 will probably turn out to be harmless. But if it is heading Earth’s way—or the next asteroid is—the world will look to ...

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