The review yielded positive results, reflecting remarkable progress in the national team’s capabilities, and reinforcing the preparations for the mission launch ...

Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...

For a brief moment, it looked like asteroid 2024 YR4 had a real shot at hitting Earth in 2032. With its impact probability climbing to a record-breaking 3%, astronomers scrambled to refine its ...

YR4 has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth, but media reports too often ignore the unlikelihood of impact in reports of ...

WASHINGTON, United States — Pop star Katy Perry is set to "shoot across the sky" this spring when she lifts off as part of a ...

The number has since dropped to near zero, but this news was a real-life Don’t Look Up moment, and a stark reminder of the ...

NASA has all but ruled out asteroid 2024 YR4 as a danger to Earth, reducing its impact probability to just 0.004% in 2032. However, a small risk remains for the Moon. Scientists are seizing the moment ...

If the object doesn’t pose an immediate impact risk, and it’s a real asteroid, NASA’s Sentry program takes the reins. This automated software calculates if there is a chance, high or low ...

The number has since dropped to near zero, but this news was a real-life Don’t Look Up moment, and a stark reminder of the threat that asteroid impacts pose to life on Earth. As a planetary ...