Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...

Good news for those concerned about reports of a potential asteroid impact in 2032: NASA has dramatically lowered the ...

Because the moon is in space and passes through the shadow at a specific time, the timing of all the contacts is the same for ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

had the highest chance of any asteroid to hit Earth in modern history. It is known as a near-Earth asteroid, meaning its orbit presents a danger to Earth, according to NASA. It is between 130 and ...

NASA is monitoring three aircraft-sized asteroids that will zoom past the Earth later today at around 19,000 to 22,200 miles per hour.

A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...

The results of Hera's fly-by could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...