NASA is training humanity’s most powerful telescope on a “city-killing” asteroid to determine whether or not we need to brace ...

As the chances of the 'city-killing' asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth increase, the world's space agencies have made a rare emergency decision.

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...

Scientists across the world, including some in Arizona, are keeping an eye on an asteroid that has a very slim chance of ...

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At its closest, the asteroid is 200 million miles from Earth. While still a multi-year journey, the distance made it possible to land a space probe, map Bennu’s landscape, collect specimens, and ...

Earth-facing side untouched by that impact and containing older rocks in original condition. U.S. and British scientists used photos and data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to map the ...

Earth-facing side untouched by that impact and containing older rocks in original condition. U.S. and British scientists used photos and data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to map the ...

An incredible simulation has shown exactly what would happen if a 'city killer' asteroid was to hit Earth. That's right, a ...

Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others ...

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.