Texas skywatchers will get a chance to witness the moon turn blood red. On the evening between March 13 and March 14, the Earth will move directly between the Sun and the full moon, our home star ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

A terrifying new animation has revealed the projected path of the 'city-destroying' asteroid heading towards Earth.

Now experts have modelled what the possible impact of 2024 YR4 – equal to 15,000,000 tons of TNT – could look like.

A nearly 98 percent chance it won’t hit us is pretty good. Second, while that’s definitely a massive rock, it’s not like a ...

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YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...

We interrupt our regular schedule of fish puns and naughty jokes about holes to warn you that a huge chunk of celestial ...

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