A “city-killer” asteroid previously thought to be on a collision course with the Earth could smash into the Moon instead, new data suggests. Asteroid 2024 YR4 caused global concern after its discovery ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Those are the ...

Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be dependent on how frequently it has experienced collisions. The findings, ...

Scientists caution that asteroid deflection must be precise, as striking the wrong spot risks sending it through a gravitational keyhole that sets up a future collision with Earth. Using lessons from ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 will come perilously close to the Earth, and may even hit the ...

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 ...

If researchers one day spot an asteroid on a collision course with Earth, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has already demonstrated that we can change its path by smashing a spaceship ...

Researchers have come up with a methodology ensuring a spacecraft's kinetic impact does not cause an asteroid to collide with Earth in the future. Some space equipment is built with the objective to ...