Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would be in for, hinting at what it'd take for us to survive such a catastrophe.

Astronomers are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which was originally spotted in late 2024. A NASA dashboard gave the chance of the asteroid colliding with Earth a 1.9% chance of happening around Dec. 22, ...

A new climate modeling study presents a new scenario of how climate and life on our planet would change in response to a potential future strike of a medium-sized (~500 m) asteroid.

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

Near-Earth asteroids have long been a concern for scientists studying planetary threats. As of September 2024, more than ...

Bennu has a diameter of roughly 500 meters (1,640 feet) and has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting our planet in September 2182.

A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall could strike Earth on Dec.22, 2032, alerting planetary defense ...

Two gigantic canyons on the moon — both deeper than the Grand Canyon — were carved in less than 10 minutes by floods of rocks ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...