The risk of an asteroid hitting Earth has doubled in a week but there are no plans yet to build a spacecraft to deflect the ...

Chance of Earth being hit by asteroid in 2032 double - Rock will still almost certainly pass by without incident ...

But sometimes a space rock gets flagged as a potential threat ... (ESO)'s Very Large Telescope in Chile captured these images of the asteroid in early January. The images have been aligned so ...

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

Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...

NASA monitors such events to better understand asteroid movements, composition, and potential future risks. The close encounter highlights the importance of ongoing space monitoring. Studying ...

A space rock, now dubbed 2024 PT5 ... bits of the Moon that have been blasted free in ancient impacts. "This is a story about the Moon as told by asteroid scientists,” said Kareta.

A nuclear weapon could potentially be sent into space to deflect an asteroid heading Earth's way, an astronomer has told Sky News. Dr David Whitehouse said the measure could be taken against a ...