A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...

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

Astronomy Ireland's David Moore warned that the 100-metre-wide space rock called 2024 YR4 would be a "country killer" if it ...

NASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side. That’s good ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

It is as wide as the wing span of a 747 and has a 1 in 83 chance of hitting the Earth when it arrives in 2032. David Moore of ...

CQ, about the size of a 15-story building, is expected to pass near Earth on February 5, 2025. Measuring 150 feet in width, ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one ...

A giant asteroid hurtling towards Earth could wipe out Ireland with a series of devastating earthquakes or massive tsunamis, ...

NASA has identified an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. The asteroid named '2024 YR4' has been ...

YR4 was first discovered in December last year by a telescope in Chile. The near-Earth asteroid is as big as a football field ...