Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues. The ...

An asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, possibly making impact in 2032. But there’s no cause for alarm: There’s about a 2% chance of impact, and that number may go down. An asteroid is on a ...

They sound like characters from a new Marvel movie, but these “Planetary Defenders” are real-life scientists in Tucson and elsewhere who are working to save the world from a major asteroid impact.

Our world could still be rocked indirectly. “City-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 may no longer be on a collision course with Earth, but it could pose a threat to our planet. Astronomers have upped the odds ...

What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim – there ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." Earth may no longer be ...

Scientists reveal how the DART mission asteroid impact blasted 35 million pounds of debris and changed Dimorphos’ orbit. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) When engineers at a control center in Turin, Italy, sent ...

An asteroid that scientists initially feared might pose a risk to Earth may could instead strike the moon in 2032, according to the European Space Agency, but some scientists are suggesting it could ...