YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving ...

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Named after Dr. Vera C. Rubin, the astronomer who discovered conclusive evidence for the existence of dark matter, this ...

Mariangela Marseglia, Vice President of EU stores at Amazon on The Big Question ...

The world breathed a sigh of relief when NASA confirmed the asteroid was no longer likely to hit Earth. But scientists now ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson has claimed an asteroid is heading towards Earth and could destroy the West Coast of America.

Have you ever wondered how many stars you can see at night? From a perfect dark sky location, free from any light pollution, a person with excellent vision may observe a few thousand stars in the sky ...

This asteroid is one of the most likely to hit Earth. Here’s what it means for our future. New ultraprecise measurements show that the asteroid Bennu has a higher chance than thought of ...

The spacecraft grabbed so much of the asteroid Bennu, its sample-collection device got jammed. Now the material is safe and sound. A series of images from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the ...

WBBM. By CBS Chicago Team. Click here for updates on this story. CHICAGO — Scientists at the Field Museum can now get a glimpse of 4.5 billion years into the past.This is because the museum is ...