NASA’s NEO Surveyor has passed its critical design review, clearing the way for construction and testing. This infrared ...

REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...

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

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

While NASA says the chances of a collision with Earth are “extremely low,” the probability has been increasing since the space rock was discovered weeks ago.

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

Interest is swirling in a recently spotted asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 – though the odds have increased slightly over the last few weeks. NASA has made it clear that ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

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

(KTLA) – A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small but significant chance of impacting planet Earth in seven years. The animation, provided by the NASA ...

The approach, which is closer than telecommunications satellites, will mark the closest any large asteroid has ever come to Earth, according to the ESA. NASA, ESA prepare to send spacecraft to ...

At the time of publication, there is a 2.3 percent chance of an asteroid — called 2024 YR4 — hitting the planet in 2032, according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. Less than a ...