Elon Musk has insisted it is essentially a matter of life and death that we find somewhere off Earth to colonize.

For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter, it was described as a potential ...

YR4 is between 40 and 90 meters in diameter, about the size of a large apartment block. The asteroid 2024 YR4, discovered in ...

Earth is no longer on a collision course with asteroid 2024 YR4, but it could potentially collide with the Moon.

The FAA has authorized the SpaceX Starship Flight 8 following a previous mishap investigation. Separately, astronomers have ...

NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth. Last week, the asteroid had a 3.1% probability of ...

More than 38,000 asteroids are known to be in Earth’s vicinity, including 973 “planet killers” of more than half a mile in diameter. Most pose no risk. But NASA estimates that only about 43% of nearby ...

All the things I never did! I never went to Uzbekistan! I never ran a marathon! Because I hate running so, so much and wouldn’t do it even if a bear was chasing me! But I’m not sure if you’re supposed ...

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid set to whiz past Earth tomorrow at a thundering 29,304 miles per hour. The space rock ...

New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

Recent observations have significantly lowered the impact risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 with Earth. Initially estimated with a 3% chance, new data from the European Southern Observatory shows the ...