CHINA is assembling a planetary defence team to join the US and Europe in bracing for an evermore likely “city-killer” ...

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However, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3 percent chance of colliding with Earth in seven years' time, and its estimated width of ...

The volcanologist threw cold water on the defense potential of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft, which knocked the 580-foot-wide asteroid Dimorphos off course in 2022.

NASA has had to make an 'emergency' decision as they predict an asteroid the size go Big Ben has a one-in-43 chance of hitting Earth.

SCIENTISTS do not have much time to deflect the asteroid a size of a football pitch that is hurtling towards Earth, an expert ...

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

Asteroid headed for Earth 'could hit Moon', astronomer says - The odds of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth have increased – ...

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.

NASA and the European Space Agency have issued updates on what is considered to be the most dangerous asteroid astronomers ...

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

At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was ...