An asteroid between 130 and 300 feet wide has a slight chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — but the precise odds have been a moving target since the space rock was first detected nearly two months ago.

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

Did you ever go out with friends as a child and roam around the neighborhood, pretending to look for space rocks? Any time you found something that looked "out of the ordinary", you would come up with ...

Two remarkable canyons, located near the Moon's south pole, challenge the Grand Canyon in both depth and length. These lunar formations, known ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

In a press release published on 31 January, NASA confirmed that the asteroid 'has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

A Brighton resident experienced a possible meteor sighting in the early hours of the morning. A meteor is a space rock that enters earth's atmosphere causing a streak of light to appear in the sky.

The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the ...

New observations of asteroid 2024 YR4 helped us update its chance of impact in 2032. The current probability is 1.5%. Our understanding of the asteroid’s path improves with every observation. We’ll ...

YR4 asteroid is being closely monitored with a 3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 - higher than any other in recorded history ...

YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...