Dr Robin George Andrews, a volcanologist and author based in London, warns that 'we might not be able to stop 2024 YR4'.

YR4, a near-Earth asteroid has a one-in-45 chance of hitting Planet Earth in December 2032, NASA and the European Space ...

Despite M23 rebels calling for the resumption of school in the eastern city of Goma, which they captured in January, classrooms are sparsely filled. Many families are fearful of sending their children ...

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

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Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that if Hamas did not release Israeli ...

NASA has called in the James Webb Space Telescope to track asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly identified space rock with a 2.1% ...

The US wants to put a flag on Mars. But there’s a risk it could carry unwanted stowaways that might compromise future ...

SpaceX launched 21 Starlink satellites into space aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday. Although the collision chance is small, the potential consequences are significant enough to trigger a global ...

As the chances of the 'city-killing' asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth increase, the world's space agencies have made a rare emergency decision.

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The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...