From asteroids the size of football stadiums to nuclear war and man-made pandemics, it can seem as if humankind is in ...

The Pentagon has acknowledged that an Iranian ballistic missile hit Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in June during an Iranian ...

The Pentagon confirmed that one missile got past air defenses, showing a wider extent of damage than had been announced.

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.

Huge 'city-killer' asteroid could hit the Moon in 2032 and spark 'massive consequences' NASA has said the 10-storey YR4 asteroid could hit the Moon in 2032, sparking global communication chaos.

After threatening our world with a three percent chance of impact, asteroid 2024 YR4 exited the scene with a four percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032.

Impact probability To see whether an approaching object could hit Earth, researchers find out what an asteroid’s orbit looks like using a technique called astrometry.

When scientists spot an asteroid whose trajectory might take it close to Earth, they monitor it frequently and calculate the probability that it might collide with our planet.

I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 YR4. It said the probability it could hit Earth was unusually high.