YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...

YR4, measuring between 130 and 300 feet, could impact Earth in 2032 with a 1.9% chance. It has garnered global attention, but ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

The threat of Asteroid 2024 YR4 has not gone away just yet. The near-Earth object was discovered in December and calculations of its orbit showed something concerning: there was a remote possibility ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

For the third time in a year, a commercial lunar lander backed by NASA is on its way to the moon's surface. The spacecraft built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace launched in the early ...

Astronomers have long sought to find the origin of the building blocks of life, and how elements like carbon, which are essential for life, spread across the universe. Recent findings using data from ...

India has finally joined the elite list of countries to have successfully docked two spacecrafts in orbit. On Thursday, ISRO announced that the docking of two SPADEX satellites has been successful.

Comedian Eddie Griffin has stirred controversy with his recent claims regarding the Los Angeles wildfires, suggesting that the devastating fires are being used as a "smokescreen" to destroy ...