The odds keep growing that an asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will collide with Earth in seven years, according to NASA. But the chance of an actual impact is still quite slim. NASA first ...

For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in ...

Researchers are keeping an eye on the building-sized asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon seven years from now.

Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and ...

If you've been worrying about reports of a possible asteroid impact in 2032, we have very good news. NASA has dropped the probability of an impact from asteroid 2024 YR4 — at first to 1 in 67, and now ...

Let’s get the first question out of the way quickly. Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 50- to 90-meter-wide Earth-approaching object, is likely not going to hit our planet in 2032. But, since the odds of it ...

(NewsNation) — The odds that a potentially destructive asteroid will collide with Earth in 2032 have increased once again, NASA says, but the chance of an actual impact is still quite slim. NASA’s ...

Astronomers believe that 14,000 undiscovered near-Earth objects like asteroids, large enough to cause damage, could be in space. Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth known as ...

On December 8, 2025, the Sun unleashed a powerful solar flare, an event that captivated the attention of scientists and space enthusiasts alike. This flare, classified as an X1.1, marks one of the ...

An artist's conception of a large asteroid impacting Earth 65 million years ago. Credit: MARK GARLICK / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images The reality about menacing asteroids coming to destroy ...

It's one of the best annual meteor shows on Earth: the Geminids Meteor Shower. Observed since the late 19th century, the ...

Researchers are learning details about asteroid impacts going back to the Earth's early history by using a new method for extracting precise information from tiny "spherules" embedded in layers of ...