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

Data gathered from four weeks in the fall of 2024 showed the speed of the movement to be "more than enough to put human life ...

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

The land under the Palos Verdes Peninsula has been sliding for decades. New data from NASA shows just how bad the problem is.

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

Astronomers have upped the odds of an asteroid called 2024 YR4 striking Earth, albeit in 2032, but warn that it will most ...

Learn how glaciers melt and contribute to seas rising in this animated explainer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

"We're really grateful for the space community and their care at this challenging time — but exploration continues, so we ...

Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the ...

The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. The ...