Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...

With roughly 70% of Earth’s surface covered by ocean ... That’s an awful lot of earthly real estate, but when the asteroid becomes visible again and draws closer to us, a much more precise ...

There is an estimated 2.3% chance that the 2024 YR4 asteroid is heading our way. Here's everything you need to know about the ...

On 15 February 2013, a small asteroid (likely about 18 metres in diameter) detonated near the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. The explosion, about 30 kilometres above the Earth’s surface ... But there’s ...

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

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

Scientists warn that an asteroid named 2024 YR4 might hit Earth on December 2, 2032. The chances are now 2.3%. The impact ...

However, this almost-mini-moon is still special as it is potentially a piece of the real moon ... from the lunar surface. “We had a general idea that this asteroid may have come from the ...

This asteroid, if it were to hit Earth, would result in an explosion 100 times greater than a modern nuclear warhead. While its chances of hitting the earth are small, they are still very real.

SCIENTISTS do not have much time to deflect an asteroid a size of a football pitch that is hurtling towards Earth, an expert ...

The device, which has previously been used to capture unprecedented pictures ... with the asteroid Dimorphos. Pic: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL Image: Real debris pictured from the surface of Dimorphos ...