A space rock dubbed 2024 YR4 has a roughly 2.3% chance of smashing into our planet, NASA scientists announced.

Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...

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

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

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A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world. Scientists published their ...

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Atari has teamed up with the watchmaker Nubeo to release a limited-edition, Asteroids -themed watch — and it’s indeed a swanky timepiece. It’s available for order now for $499 and is expected to begin ...