The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about an asteroid that is said to be possibly on track ...

A US-based private aerospace company is aiming to commercially mine an asteroid later this week using a microwave-sized ...

NASA has revised the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, reducing it to 0.28%. There are indications it may collide with the Moon instead.

A shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system known as the Oort cloud has a pair of spiral arms that resemble a miniature galaxy, new research suggests.

The outlook for a newly discovered asteroid’s potential impact with Earth is shifting, and scientists say there’s a reason ...

The good news is that if Earth is incredibly unlucky and the asteroid does hit on Dec. 22, 2032, it will not destroy the ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket successfully launched Saturday to deploy 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit ...

YR4 is a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) currently being closely monitored by NASA’s planetary defense teams.

Latest observations slash collision probability for asteroid 2024 YR4 from 2.8% to 0.16%, but no further updates are possible until 2028.

An asteroid being tracked by NASA made national headlines earlier this week when the space agency predicted the object had a ...

This week’s hype around a “city-killing” asteroid possibly striking Earth raised the fears of many before the odds of impact ...

The findings have been crucial for NASA’s planetary defense efforts and critical data for experts assessing the asteroid’s ...