Recapping some of the most talked-about news this week from the nation and around the world – in case you missed it.

A 4.3 per cent of impact still counts as a 95.7 per cent chance that it will miss the Moon. So, with it having no chance of hitting Earth on that date, 2024 YR4 could simply slip through lunar orbit ...

With years or even decades to prepare, humans could nudge even the largest asteroids off course. NASA ... an approaching asteroid. In October 2022, about seven million miles from Earth, the ...

NASA warns of a 250-ft asteroid, 2015 XR1, hurtling past Earth today at a speed of 45,529 km/h. Despite its close proximity, it poses no immediate threat to our planet.

The 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 may not be on a collision course with Earth anymore. But NASA has raised the odds of it ...

According to NASA, the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with the Moon in 2032 has increased from 3.8% to 4.3%.

YR4, which previously posed the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, has now been assessed a slightly higher chance of ...

President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome. How exactly does it work?

Sceye (pronounced ‘sky’) is a helium-filled aircraft designed to gather information on methane leaks that satellites miss.

Ancient manuscripts hold valuable historical insights, but over time, age and poor storage conditions can damage their ...

Co-orbital asteroids – space rocks that travel alongside planets without fully orbiting them – are notoriously difficult to ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.