The James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists determine that asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a 4.3% chance of crashing into our moon, will not impact our lunar comp ...

The asteroid is the size of an office building, and will narrowly pass by the moon in 2032.

Recent observation using the James Webb Space Telescope confirms that the citykiller asteroid 2024 YR4 will not collide with ...

Space agencies maintain that global cooperation and sustained investment are vital to planetary defence. While the DART ...

NASA warns that more than 15,000 asteroids capable of destroying cities remain undetected and that Earth has no defense against impact.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 caused quite a stir last year when it was discovered and originally calculated to have a 3% chance of hitting Earth. Since then models have been refined and while it no longer has a ...

The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight ...

Learn how bacteria survived a simulated asteroid impact and could travel between planets on asteroid debris.