NASA has identified asteroid 2024 YR4 with a 1.3% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032, posing significant risk ...

The newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 is thought to be large enough to wipe out a city and has triggered global defence ...

A massive asteroid, codenamed '2024 YR4', potentially poses a collision threat to Earth in December 2032. With a diameter ...

The newly-discovered space rock is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft (40m to 100m) across and has been placed at the ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

Studies of asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our planet, are key to life.

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...

First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to ...

The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance ...

The study of asteroid samples is a highly lucrative area of research and one of the best ways to determine how the Solar ...