YR4 is circling Earth and NASA predicts it could strike the planet in 2032. Here's what to know about the asteroid headed ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...

A “city-destroying” asteroid is hurtling in the direction of Earth and has now made it to the top of a NASA risk table. The agency’s Planetary Defence Team was set up in order to detect and monitor ...

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.

The creation of the belts, and others like it in the future, are a potential new danger to astronauts and satellites headed ...

Earth is crossing the 1.5°C limit outlined in the Paris Agreement, beyond which scientists predict catastrophic harm to ...

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

Just over 110 years ago, the Wright Brothers took flight for the first time. Just over 45 years ago, people walked on the moon. It took just over 60 years for us to go from the first powered ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

Last week, NASA reported that a newly identified asteroid has a more than 1 percent chance of striking Earth in December 2032, per a statement released by the agency. Now, astronomers have bumped ...