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

Nostalgia and curiosity bring audiences back to the theatres to revisit movies of the yesteryears. From competing in beauty pageants, and doing films to standing up against racial discrimination, here ...

Where things stand: The chances of the asteroid hitting Earth currently stand at 2.1%, or about 1 in 47, and could fall to ...

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

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

The challenge of unearthing lost things and solving inscrutable puzzles is a driving force in the world of science. Such breakthroughs rarely happen in the derring-do fashion of the “Indiana Jones” ...

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

Is an asteroid set to collide with Earth in 2032? Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) say they have spotted a space rock that could smash into the Earth. While the ...

The target asteroid posed no threat to Earth, making it an ideal test subject. "I don't see why it wouldn't work" again, he said. The bigger question is whether major nations would fund such a ...

â€ï Nasa estimates that asteroid could hit Earth on December 22, 2032. "Currently, no other known large asteroids have an impact probability above 1 per cent," Nasa said in its update.

A story you may have seen recently claims an asteroid spotted this month by an astronomer turned out to be a Tesla in space. Believe it or not, this one's true. In 2018, Elon Musk and SpaceX ...

A newly-discovered 100 metre wide asteroid heading towards Earth has triggered ... Day which is about twice the distance to the moon and it was discovered two days later. Mr Chodas said scientists ...