An asteroid about 70 centimeters (27 inches) in diameter recently hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded above Siberia, Russia. However, the celestial body did not damage the Earth's surface and ...

THE football-sized asteroid that scientists initially feared could strike Earth is now on course to potentially crash into the Moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once dubbed a “city killer”, has an ...

Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...