In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of ...

Asteroid expert Gretchen Benedix looks at nine asteroid disasters from movies and TV, including "Armageddon" (1998), and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nasa's DART mission in 2022 proved that Earth has the technology to redirect Asteroid 2024 YR4 before any potential impact in ...

Asteroid 2022 RD2 is a near-Earth object that could become a temporary moon, then later a potential crash risk for the planet later this century. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration Scientists ...

Space agencies around the globe are coordinating missions to visit the asteroid Apophis during a close encounter with Earth ...

China plans to smash spacecraft onto asteroid in major test to protect Earth - Scientists say the test will help create the ...

Scientists in China say a nuclear explosion could be the most effective way to stop a large asteroid—and they may have ...

While no imminent asteroid threats have been found for Earth, Chinese scientists discussed two ways to deflect a space rock in case of trouble.

A rock the size of a 30-story building is hurtling towards Earth. Travelling 20 times faster than a bullet, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3 per cent chance of hitting us in 2032, roughly the same ...