The massive space rock with the risk of hitting Earth's surface within the next seven years has kept scientists on their toes ...

An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than the atomic bomb has triggered global space ...

YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a ...

Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...

A massive asteroid discovered last month could crash into Earth and it has now triggered a planetary defence response having ...

NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.

For the first time a giant asteroid has triggered global planetary defence procedure, after its revealed there is a chance, ...

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...

A hundred-metre-wide asteroid has been placed at the top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December last year ...

Observatories on Maunakea and Haleakalā are actively tracking 2024 YR4 to refine its trajectory. In 2022, UH was instrumental ...

PT5 traced to lunar highlands; Apollo 14 rocks match Research reveals natural origin; trajectory rules out space debris ...