The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will have narrow viewing windows on February 18 and 26 to gather crucial data on the asteroid.

A massive asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, is locked on a collision course with the Moon, raising global alarm. Scientists warn ...

Last year, a giant space rock hit headlines after NASA revealed there was a small chance it could smash into Earth. Once dubbed the 'city-killer' asteroid for its potential to wipe out a major city, ...

Some 66 million years ago, life on Earth had a pretty bad day. The infamous Chicxulub asteroid slammed into the planet. The ...

The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

A newly tracked asteroid could strike the Moon in 2032, triggering bright flashes, lunar debris, and rare meteor storms on ...

The space rock has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in six years—and it could generate a flash nearly as bright as Venus.

If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, we could not only witness the event, but also meteor storms like nothing we've ever ...

A niche corner of the commercial space sector is attracting attention from United States national security planners, not because of its economic promise, but because of the technical problems it is ...

Planetary defence research often sits between modelling and imagination, with few chances to test real materials under realistic conditions. A new stu.

A new scientific study reveals that life recovered much faster than expected after the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

This time last year, the world was gripped by reports that an incoming, nearly 200-feet-wide asteroid had a tiny, tiny chance ...