Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

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

An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...

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

A space rock with some history could be on a collision course with Earth, though, to be fair, it's pretty unlikely. Bennu has ...

The unassuming asteroid was first spotted in December by scientists at the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert ...

An steroid up to 300ft wide now has a 2.2% chance of colliding into Earth. It could prompt a space mission to intercept it.

That's good news for scientists and NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing ...

NASA has revealed that the chances of the city-destroying asteroid known as '2024 YR4' hitting Earth when it passes by in 2032 have increased.

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes difficult pursuit of tracking deep-space objects.

NASA and ESA monitor asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Learn about Near-Earth Objects ...