This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights I was preparing for my early morning class back in ...

On Feb. 18, 2025, NASA updated the probability of asteroid "2024 YR4" impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, from 2.6% to 3.1%. The European Space Agency (ESA) also updated its estimate of the probability ...

A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall has been discovered that could strike Earth in 2032. It’s triggered a rare warning by the International Asteroid Warning Network, which ...

Time to breathe a sigh of relief. The asteroid that once posed the greatest impact risk to Earth in recorded history now has an effective 0% chance of striking our planet. The probability of asteroid ...

Something in the sky captured the attention of astronomers in the final days of 2024. A telescope in Chile scanning the night sky detected a faint point of light, and it didn’t correspond to any of ...

Space has a reminder mechanism that only reminds us of things that are even more terrifying than what they get. An asteroid named 2026 CC is moving in a path that would pass by Earth at approximately ...

There were concerns that Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon or Earth. Asteroid-2024-YR4 NASA confirms asteroid 2024 YR4 will safely miss both Earth and the moon in 2032. Webb telescope enabled ...