The approach, which is closer than telecommunications satellites, will mark the closest any large asteroid has ever come to Earth, according to the European Space Agency. The asteroid will ...

The good news is that if Earth is incredibly unlucky and the asteroid does hit on Dec. 22, 2032, it will not destroy the world. However, if it impacts the Earth, the asteroid will ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks can still be threatening, as the surprise 56-foot (17-meter) rock that ...

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...

There’s also a chance that the asteroid will strike the moon instead of Earth, leaving yet another mark on our cosmic companion. For now, though, the impact chances for this city-killer asteroid ...

The rock tour has officially been canceled. After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

and if the asteroid does veer off on a collision course with Earth, there are few ways to combat it. According to estimates, the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, had the highest chance of any asteroid ...

Astronomers believe that 14,000 undiscovered near-Earth objects like asteroids, large enough to cause damage, could be in space. Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth ...

it has been impossible to know how close we have come to being struck by a large asteroid. Serious monitoring of objects near Earth only started in the late 20th century, explains Professor Mark ...