This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade.

NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...

Megalodon teeth are the largest shark teeth ever found and have sharp serrated edges. So when these sharks bit marine mammals ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Twenty-four years ago, a spacecraft with no landing mechanism touched down on a chunk of rock in space. Defying all odds, the Nasa spacecraft became the first in history to not just orbit a minor ...

The one silver lining is that Dr. Rankin’s forecast is slightly less dire than current estimates, which assert that YR4 has a ...

A nearly 98 percent chance it won’t hit us is pretty good. Second, while that’s definitely a massive rock, it’s not like a ...

Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Scientists across the world, including some in Arizona, are keeping an eye on an asteroid that has a very slim chance of ...

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.