China is putting together a planetary defence team after scientists spotted a huge asteroid heading towards the Earth. NASA ...

YR4, a near-Earth asteroid has a one-in-45 chance of hitting Planet Earth in December 2032, NASA and the European Space ...

Of the Asteroid 2024 YR4, Mr Rankin said last month: "It is just important to keep in mind that its orbit is still too ...

The Moon is no stranger to being struck by huge lumps of space rock. In fact, new research has shown that, nearly four ...

Space agencies have been granted permission to use a giant telescope to assess the potential impact of a "city-killer" ...

An asteroid originally thought to have a higher chance of colliding with Earth might instead strike the Moon, according to ...

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

Astronomers around the world are using powerful telescopes to measure the asteroid’s orbit as accurately as possible.

Dr Robin George Andrews, a volcanologist and author based in London, warns that 'we might not be able to stop 2024 YR4'.

"One advantage of the shallow entry, slow velocity atmospheric path model is that by the time the meteoroid is close to ...

Astronomers have been given access to the James Webb Space Telescope to assess the threat posed by asteroid 2024 YR4, which ...

Scientists are using the James Webb Telescope to study Asteroid 2024 YR4 which has a chance of hitting Earth in 2032 ...