During Valentine's Day weekend, northern parts of America, including Maine, may have a chance of seeing an aurora. But space weather scientists warn that the chances of this happening are slim.

YR4 was first reported to the Minor Planet Center – the international clearing house for small body positional measurements – ...

That’s the day an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 may strike our planet. Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an impact terribly likely.

The neutrino was 30 times more energetic than any other previously observed particle of its kind. Scientists still don’t know ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade.

YR4 has just over a 2% chance of hitting Earth, according to NASA, but experts say there's no need to panic yet.

YR4 should remain hovering around 1%, should humanity choose to, we have already proven we can nudge asteroids out of our way ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...