Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the ...

Asteroid 2025 VP1 is hurtling through space at more than 18,300 miles per hour, the space agency has reported.

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

In February, the James Webb Space Telescope will briefly be able to observe asteroid 2024 YR4, which currently has a 4 per ...

What would happen if a massive asteroid collided with Earth. “I will not allow Donald Trump to silence me”: Army combat ...

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

Todd Snider, alt-country singer, dies at 59 just weeks after arrest and hospitalization following 'violent assault' ...

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

New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought.

This year, the internet has taken great interest in 3I/ATLAS — only the third interstellar object ever detected, though also ...