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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more ...

Artist's impression of an asteroid. This image is not intended to reflect the characteristics of any specific known asteroid. ESA-Science Office Astronomers have made a startling discovery ...

NASA estimates that there are nearly 6,000 tons of space junk in low Earth orbit, moving around our planet at speeds up to 18 ...

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with ...

Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot large space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, researchers say. Discovered last Christmas by Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey, the ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December 2032. By Robin George Andrews Robin George Andrews has written a book ...