Scientists comment on asteroid 2024 YR4 which may hit Earth in 2032. Prof Martin Ward, Emeritus Temple Chevallier Professor of Astronomy, Durham University, said: ...

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

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly With no Moon in the evening sky, it’s time for us to track down fainter targets. Let’s start with asteroid 15 ... so-slowly against the background stars there.

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

This image provided by NASA shows a view from orbit looking obliquely across the surface of the moon, where an ancient asteroid strike ... the Perseverance rover, background left.

But it seems that, no matter which party has control, planetary defense — even if it lingers deep in the background, behind many other issues — gets its due. Perhaps that’s because the benefits of ...

"I find this asteroid to be extremely exciting! This is the last chance we have to observe the asteroid from Gemini before 2028." ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a potential crash course with Earth, but there’s a very slight chance the moon could take the hit. Based on current observations, there is a 2.1 per cent chance that the ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side. That's good news for scientists and NASA ...