The asteroid colliding with the Moon could release energy in upwards of 340 Hiroshima bombs with the spectacle very likely to ...

Asteroid 2025 CR, approximately 93 feet wide, is about the size of an airplane. It will pass Earth at a safe distance of 3.09 ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is still quite slim.

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

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

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.

Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, according to the European Space Agency.