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 ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once perceived as a threat, is no longer on a collision course with the planet Earth. However, there is a ...

An asteroid has a slight chance of hitting the moon in 2032. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4 and a way to stop that.

A new study reveals that asteroid Ryugu once had liquid water. This challenges old beliefs about asteroids. Scientists ...

An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has identified a little-known but ...

NASA could soon trial a new defence strategy to prevent a giant asteroid hurtling towards the Moon and posing a huge risk to astronauts. It comes after NASA intentionally used a spacecraft to bump ...

After mulling several different solutions, scientists have devised an unconventional method to stop the “city killer” space rock from hitting the moon — by blowing it up with nukes. Their unorthodox ...

A study conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration unveiled that asteroid 2024 YRF has a 4% possibility of colliding with the moon in December 2032.The study proposed ...

A massive crater beneath the North Sea was formed by a prehistoric asteroid impact, scientists have revealed. The Silverpit ...

New findings involving NASA researchers indicate that humanity may have to consider far more drastic measures to shield itself from potential cosmic dangers, including the deployment of nuclear ...

The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved mystery. The planet closest to the sun has a disproportionately large metallic ...

Biosphere 2 isn’t just the site of a famous human experiment. Today, scientists there work to understand how life emerges in barren environments.