Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...

An asteroid on collision course with the Moon could shower Earth with shrapnel and debris if it hits our natural satellite, scientists have warned. Researchers have said that asteroid 2024 YR4, which ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a collision course with Earth, may still pose a threat to the planet. There is still a chance the space rock could smash into the moon, and the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 53–67 meter wide object discovered by Chile's ATLAS telescope in late 2024, poses a significant threat capable of destroying an entire city upon impact.

Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China's largest rockets to practice turning away a sizable asteroid - a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision ...

New observations of 3I/ATLAS provide real data that scientists are using to evaluate asteroid behavior ahead of Apophis’ 2029 Earth flyby ...

An asteroid that could smash into the Moon in 2032 could trigger a gigantic explosion that would send debris streaming towards Earth, new research suggests. Asteroid 2024 YR4, dubbed the "city-killer" ...

CHICAGO -- A newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool has a "small chance" of colliding with Earth in 23 years, with a potential impact on Valentine's Day in 2046, ...

If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be dependent on how frequently it has experienced collisions. The findings, ...