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

A scientists has warned that a destructive asteroid could be heading towards Earth and we don't have the technology to detect ...

The astronomers told us this was the most likely outcome: a "city killer" asteroid that once had a better than 3% chance of striking Earth in 2032 is no longer a concern. The near-Earth object 2024 ...

A so-called "city killer" asteroid scientists have been monitoring after discovering it had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 "no longer poses a significant threat," NASA said in its latest ...

"There is no significant potential for this asteroid to impact our planet for the next century," the space agency added in a blog post. The European Space Agency shared a similar risk assessment ...

Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...

ESA has since lowered the odds to 0.001%. NASA had it down to 0.0027% — meaning the asteroid will safely pass Earth in 2032 and there’s no threat of impact for the next century. Paul Chodas ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

Applicants must be younger than 35 and “maintain a firm political stance” in line with the ruling Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping, the job listing said.

It fell to level 1 (green, “normal”) on Feb. 20 and has now been labeled level 0 (white, “no hazard”). “Asteroid 2024 YR4 has now been reassigned to Torino Scale Level Zero as additional ...