NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen ...
Most people assume scientists would see a deadly asteroid coming years in advance. In reality, some of the most dangerous ...
Let’s imagine, just for a moment, that a group of extremely serious people in white coats announces that a killer asteroid is ...
The space rock is hurtling toward the Earth at a zippy 8,478 miles per hour miles per hour, according to the space agency.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.
Earth just had two close calls... and one went completely unnoticed. A small asteroid passed just 266 miles above Antarctica—closer than many satellites—before anyone even spotted it. Less than a day ...
Because it's big enough to be deemed a "city killer," asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm due to the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While Earth may no ...
This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...