An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has identified a little-known but potentially significant threat: Asteroids that share Venus's orbit and may ...

The potential 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting the moon in 2032. In a new paper, scientists probe the logistics of destroying it — possibly with nuclear weapons — before ...

Astronomers want to blow up this asteroid before it likely strikes Moon - Deflection missions appear ‘impractical’, scientists say ...

Now a group of scientists, including ones from NASA, is exploring options for a different near-Earth space rock, dubbed 2024 ...