An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

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

YR4: Should we be worried about the space rock hurtling towards Earth? - Humanity has been working on ways to deflect ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is monitoring asteroid 2025 CG, which will pass by Earth on 8 February.

China is assembling a 'planetary defense force' amid fears that an asteroid could strike Earth early next decade. According ...

As we move into 2025, the field of space exploration is buzzing with exciting missions, new technologies, and a renewed focus ...

When I learn everyone is frantically Googling “asteroid to hit earth,” I feel more optimistic than I have in months. I run outside to look up at the sky and see nothing. The sky, like my pallor and ...