IT starts with a glimmer in the sky – just a pinprick of light, barely distinguishable from the stars. But this is no distant ...

An asteroid discovered in December and named YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. But scientists keep changing ...

The chances a ‘city killer’ asteroid will crash into Earth in seven years’ time have fallen, NASA has said. Scientists have ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...

A NASA scientist has made a list of cities the asteroid that probably won't hit Earth could strike if it did collide with our ...

China's first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen 2, is scheduled to be launched in the coming months from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, according to the China National ...

Insurance companies globally will be monitoring the risks associated with a “city-killing” asteroid that could collide with ...

NASA has detected a 67-foot asteroid traveling at 16,490 mph set to fly by Earth on February 18, 2025. Despite its alarming ...

NASA astronomers say there's a small chance a distant asteroid could hit Earth three days before Christmas in 2032 - but much ...

China's 'planetary defence force' recruitment drive is a response to growing concerns over the 2024 YR4 asteroid, which, ...

YR4, dubbed a 'city killer' by experts, now has a higher risk of hitting the planet than any other in recent history ...