Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes difficult pursuit of tracking deep-space objects.
Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.
Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...
The U.K. government on Friday announced plans to dismantle the remains of London’s Grenfell Tower, almost eight years after ...
Days after it was confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth, American space agency, Nasa ...
An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...
A small aircraft crashed on an avenue in Sao Paulo, killing at least two passengers, the local firefighter corps said in a statement. The plane went down in the Barra Funda ...
YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...
Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...
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 ...
An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what ...