Astronomers have been given access to the James Webb Space Telescope to assess the threat posed by asteroid 2024 YR4, which ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in less ... it's expected they fall to zero, ...

Every single day about 100 tons of dust and sand-sized particles fall through Earth's atmosphere and promptly burn up. Every year, on average, an "automobile-sized asteroid" plummets through our ...

If carried out correctly, there would be minimal damage to the asteroid, and therefore no risk of chunks of space rock falling to Earth. But detonating a nuclear weapon in space is not only ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in less ... and hoped – they fall to zero, astronomers ...