When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

Scientists are considering possible deflection scenarios, including detonating a nuclear bomb near the asteroid.

Scientists have issued a chilling warning regarding the city-killier asteroid, 2024 YR4, currently racing toward the moon, ...

"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...

Apophis will make a rare close flyby of Earth in 2029 as scientists study its effects and analyse new findings on ...

What if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs struck Earth again? Could humanity survive such a cataclysm—or would we ...