The risk of an asteroid hitting Earth has doubled in a week but there are no plans yet to build a spacecraft to deflect the ...

The newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR is being taken seriously by scientists at NASA who say it's got a legit shot at ...

Astronomers are closely observing asteroid 2024 YR4, which has an increasing but still low chance of impacting Earth in 2032.

Scientists have raised the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032. Here’s what that means and how we might ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

Initially, the probability of an impact was 1 in 83, which represented a 1.2% chance of collision. The odds have now increased to 1 in 43, or a 2.3% chance of impact.

Many fear a newly discovered asteroid could cause major natural disasters and an explosion '500x bigger than Hiroshima' if it ...

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...

NASA doesn't want to lose touch with the younger generation, which is why it is reaching out to social media and publicizing its discoveries and advances through them. Now it has d ...