There is a brutal curiosity on the part of human beings to know everything that happens beyond our planetary border, ...

The rock tour has officially been canceled. After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth ...

This would pose no threat to people on Earth, but would generate a sizeable impact crater on our planet’s only natural satellite. Tracking an asteroid turns out to be more complex than you might think ...

Earth is no longer on a collision course with asteroid 2024 YR4, but it could potentially collide with the Moon. After weeks ...

A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in deep space, with little hope of being able to contact its home planet.

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

GRAND FORKS, ND — Astronomers have turned their high-powered telescopes toward a 100-meter wide asteroid hurtling in its orbit through the Milky Way galaxy and are hoping it doesn’t collide wi ...

YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to ...

California-based space company AstroForge launched what it claimed to be the first "commercial deep space mission in history.

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...

Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while astronomers warn that the moon could be in the line of fire as well.