A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

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

YR4, an asteroid that currently has a more than 1 percent chance to hit the Earth in 2032, catching the attention of ...

Rock wider than football pitch could have devastating impact if it hits our planet – which, according to Nasa scientists, is possible An asteroid the width of a full-size football pitch could ...

It took a while for scientists to gain access to the samples that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission took from the asteroid Bennu, but ...

Uncertainty is still high and more observations are needed to confirm this.” Dunn’s animation of the asteroid shows it skimming Earth at an altitude of 301 miles, with its trajectory altered ...