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

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Marc Fogel, an American history teacher who was deemed wrongfully detained by Russia, has been released and returned to the U ...

Marc Fogel, an American history teacher who was deemed wrongfully detained by Russia, has been released and returned to the U ...

An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude struck the sea bed between the Greek islands of Amorogos and Santorini on Wednesday night — ...

Comet G3 ATLAS faced just such a perilous passage, reaching perihelion 14 million kilometers from the Sun on January 13th.

A newly-discovered 100 metre wide asteroid heading towards Earth has triggered a planetary defence response group. Spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid - designated ...

An asteroid recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years may have caused some alarm. Don't freak out – yet. Yes, the asteroid has little more than a ...

Regardless, the odds of this asteroid impacting our planet are still very low. Astronomers say it is much more likely to safely pass us by, coming within roughly 66,000 miles of Earth.

INDEPENDENT - A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas ...

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