In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

As of Tuesday, 22 children and two adults had been infected, all of whom were unvaccinated, local officials said.

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 ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

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

Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

By Sage Rohrbach A mosaic image of the Bennu Asteriod, created using pictures from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx satellite that was near the asteroid for over two years. Courtesy of NASA via Wikimedia ...

Chile's dark skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban development. The asteroid Bennu could pose a future risk to ...

An asteroid impact today could be devastating. But a few billion years ago, an impact may have helped life exist. Scientists ...

In a statement, the Kremlin said Yuri Borisov, who had headed Roscosmos since July 2022, had been replaced Dmitry Bakanov, a deputy transport minister who ran a satellite company before joining the ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...