The threat of a civilization-ending asteroid hitting the Earth is well-known — as a plethora of Hollywood movies on the subject has demonstrated. But there is a less-known threa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have now completely ruled out any impact risk from asteroid 2024 YR4, both for ...

NASA said earlier this month that an asteroid that at one point had a 4% chance of hitting the moon will miss the lunar ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once the highest impact risk ever recorded, now poses no threat to Earth but has a slightly increased chance of striking the moon in 2032.

Asteroid 99942 Apophis – named after the Egyptian deity of chaos, darkness and fire – is expected to safely pass close to ...

NASA confirms asteroid 2026 GD, about 54 feet wide, will pass Earth on April 9, 2026 at 156,000 miles closer than the Moon.

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.

A house-sized asteroid named 2026 HZ1 will pass Earth on April 24, 2026 at a safe distance. Know’s its size, orbit details, ...