The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...

NASA seems to be constantly keeping us on our toes about asteroids. One almost always seems to hear of some celestial rock ...

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost immediately.

The risk of impact is likely drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

NASA and ESA are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which is about 328 feet wide and has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth.

NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.

NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.

Asteroid 2024 YR was likely a "small, rocky object" measuring 40 to 100 metres and weighing about 220 million kgs. "If it was to hit it would explode in the atmosphere creating a shockwave that will ...

NASA's asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals that may have seeded early Earth with life's building blocks.