NASA has revised the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, reducing it to 0.28%. There are ...

A shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system known as the Oort cloud has a pair of spiral arms that resemble a miniature galaxy, new research suggests.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses a significant threat to Earth. NASA now considers the risk minimal. There is still a 1% chance the asteroid could hi ...

A NASA asteroid tracker explains how scientists are calculating the risk to Earth from asteroid 2024 YR4.

The outlook for a newly discovered asteroid’s potential impact with Earth is shifting, and scientists say there’s a reason ...

However, observations made of the asteroid on February 19-20 have further decreased its chance of Earth impact to 0.28%.

The good news is that if Earth is incredibly unlucky and the asteroid does hit on Dec. 22, 2032, it will not destroy the ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket successfully launched Saturday to deploy 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit ...

Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.

NASA revealed a car-sized asteroid, known as "2025 DQ", is hurtling past Earth today at approximately 15,000 miles per hour. This rock, estimated to be just under four metres wide, is projected to fly ...

Latest observations slash collision probability for asteroid 2024 YR4 from 2.8% to 0.16%, but no further updates are possible until 2028.