Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at only slightly more than 1%. “We are not worried ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

However, he said that there is "at least 98 percent chance that the asteroid won't hit the Earth. "The other thing to bear in mind is that we can deflect these things. If it's done early enough ...

NASA and ESA are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, with an estimated size of up to 328 feet and a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth.

That’s why this one now tops ESA’s asteroid risk list. The potential impact would occur on Dec. 22, 2032. It’s much too soon to know where it might land if it did hit Earth. The good news ...

A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.

AN astronomy expert has warned that a giant asteroid could wipe out Ireland with major earthquakes and tsunamis, saying: “It’s a real danger.” David Moore from Astronomy Ireland ...

An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don't run for cover just yet. A NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted the asteroid, named 2024 ...

Rock wider than football pitch could have devastating impact if it hits our planet – which, according to Nasa scientists, is ...