Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

If experts want you to know one thing and one thing only about this asteroid, it’s that you don’t need to panic at all (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) …Don’t look up. Astronomers say there is a ...

The unassuming asteroid was first spotted in December by scientists at the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert ...

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, together with Latvian officials, attends the ceremony of Sweden's official induction ...

That's good news for scientists and NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing ...

Astronomers have recently increased the chances of a large asteroid striking Earth!As per NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object ...

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 named 2024 YR4, first spotted Dec. 27, is possibly headed right toward Earth, but we don't need to run for cover just yet. Here's why.

NASA has revealed that the chances of the city-destroying asteroid known as '2024 YR4' hitting Earth when it passes by in 2032 have increased.

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...