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 ...
Scientists have issued a chilling warning regarding the city-killier asteroid, 2024 YR4, currently racing toward the moon, ...
Scientists are considering possible deflection scenarios, including detonating a nuclear bomb near the asteroid.
ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European ...
"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. Watch the ...
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) praised President Donald Trump’s teased healthcare plan, comparing its effect to the asteroid that ...
NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4, a space rock approximately the size of a 15-story building, might collide with the ...
NASA is monitoring asteroids passing near Earth in November 2025. Three asteroids safely passed on 10th November, while two are approaching on 11th November. All objects remain at safe distances.