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

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

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

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 ...

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

A terrifying interactive map reveals just how much of major UK cities would be flattened by the impact of the 'city killer' ...

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

NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has calculated a 2.3% chance—roughly a 1-in-43 probability—that asteroid ...

A report published in Science Advances details when the asteroid could collide with Earth and the destruction it would cause.