On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

A “city-killer” asteroid previously thought to be on a collision course with the Earth could smash into the Moon instead, new ...

THE odds of a “city killer” asteroid that once threatened Earth instead smashing into the moon have just doubled. YR4 was ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is closing in on its second close encounter with an asteroid, expected to happen on April 20, 2025.

Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — ...

The Chicxulub asteroid crater supported marine life for 700,000 years, showing that some mass extinction events may help life ...

Don't worry – it's still not a danger to Earth for the time being. When we last checked in, odds of a collision between 2024 ...

About 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid slammed into Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs, along with around 70% of all ...

Learn about the latest update on asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 3.8 percent chance to impact the Moon.

NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.