Could a massive asteroid, nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty, collide with Earth in 2030? While it sounds like a sci-fi disaster, scientists assure us that the chances of impact are extremely ...

There’s still a 1.7 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA.

What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting ... Lucy will actually head back to Earth in 2030 to receive a gravitational slingshot towards the "Trojan camp" at Jupiter's L5 point in 2033.

China announced a conceptual plan last year for a mission to observe and strike an asteroid with a spacecraft to alter its path around 2030. The asteroid 2024 YR4 is expected to pass by Earth ...

The 776th session of the Xiangshan Science Conference, themed "Key Scientific and Engineering Challenges in Near-Earth ...

Astronomers around the world have warned the 'God of Chaos' asteroid could hit the Earth just four years from now, in 2029. The ominous-sounding asteroid, whose scientific name is Apophis ...

An asteroid will one day be on a collision course with Earth Nasa is preparing a three-month manned mission to an asteroid that is scheduled to pass close to Earth in 2030. The space agency has ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Astronomers around the world have warned the 'God of Chaos' asteroid could hit the Earth just four years from now, in 2029. The ominous-sounding asteroid, whose scientific name is Apophis, which is ...