The European Space Agency says the asteroid could destroy a city and has a 2.2 per cent chance of hitting Earth.

Astronomers have captured a new image of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 1 in 48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

The fear of impending doom has been looming over the heads of people since the dawn of time, whether it be an asteroid or nuclear warfare. Many people would like to know how and when or even if the ...

While the apparent increase in collision probability for December 2032 may seem concerning, experts stress that the risk ...

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

Though that number’s rising, experts say further research could bring it to zero Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Last week, NASA reported that a newly identified asteroid has a more than 1 ...

Two studies published on Wednesday disclosed that the asteroid contained a variety of chemical components essential for life, such as amino acids and elements present in DNA. Researchers also ...

When the spacecraft completed its long journey home more than a year ago, NASA split up a 120-gram sample, collected in October 2020 from the asteroid Bennu, among researchers around the globe.

Sending a spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid, gathering dust and rock ... Scientists have set a new time on the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic attempt to gauge how close humanity is to destroying ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday. The findings provide the ...