The year 2028 will be the next opportunity to observe the asteroid as it returns to an observable distance for Earth-based ...

Scientists have nearly ruled out any threat from Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was previously believed to have a 3.1 per cent chance of hitting Earth.

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...

South polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta. NASA/jPL-Caltech/Getty Images When the detection of the asteroid was announced last month, NASA predicted just a 1.3% probability of it hitting Earth.

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

But what if the asteroid had never struck Earth ... could handle the cold — an opportunity to get larger, and maybe giant dinosaurs would have gone by the wayside." But that doesn't mean ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid big enough to destroy a whole city. As experts learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, they've confirmed that the odds of impact ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

Janae Perez and her girlfriend, Ashleigh Utley, are charged with murder, assault and kidnapping in the death of Perez's daughter, Sarai Perez-Rivera. Lawmakers said a recession could mean less ...