YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

Objects from space are crashing into Earth’s atmosphere all the time. They just don’t always happen with the perfect timing ...

Can an asteroid, or two asteroids, crash into Earth in the next seven years? Scientists are observing these space rocks to ...

Without meteorites, you probably wouldn’t be reading this. As writer Maria Golia explains in her new book, Meteorite: Nature And Culture, meteorite bombardments during Earth’s infancy may have ...

Asteroid Day is held every year to commemorate this impact, as a reminder to the world that planetary defense against asteroids and comets matters. We had the Chelyabinsk impact event in 2013, which ...

As Asteroid Day marks its 10th anniversary, U.S. Senators Kelly and Cornyn introduce a resolution to establish National Asteroid Day.

Starlink satellites are at risk if a “city killer” asteroid crashes into the Moon, experts have warned. The European Space ...

More recently, the Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over Russia in 2013 — injuring over 1,600 people and releasing energy equivalent to about 440,000 tons of TNT — served as a stark reminder ...