How prepared are we to deflect an asteroid heading towards Earth? This question is answered by two studies just published in ...

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...

A stronomers detected a 40-to-80-meter asteroid, dubbed a “city killer,” with the potential to collide with Earth in 2032, ...

Two studies published in Nature Communications analyze the impact of the DART mission on Dimorphos, revealing new strategies to improve asteroid deflection effectiveness through the study of ejecta.

In early February, NASA announced that the asteroid’s chances of hitting our planet grew to 2.3%. And most recently, on Feb.

YR4 has a very small chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032- but one that has increased slightly since it was first spotted. The latest impact probability is available on the automated Sentry page ...

The Gemini South telescope recently captured an image of an asteroid with a 1 in 48 chance of Earth impact by 2032.

The asteroid Bennu has been at the centre of scientific discussions recently, especially after researchers analysed surface samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. While much of the ...

NASA has downgraded the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 0.28 per cent, way lower than the 1.5 per cent it had predicted only days ago, and certainly far more heartening than the ...

An award-winning UK scientist warned that it might be too late to deflect the “city killer” asteroid that’s headed toward Earth. Deflection efforts “might not be able to stop 2024 YR4 ...

which successfully changed the orbit of a smaller asteroid. “If we try to deflect 2024 YR4 with just four years to go — in 2028, when it’s close again — then that deflection would need to ...

He warned that deflection missions launched after 2028 may risk fragmenting the asteroid rather than pushing it off course. Astronomers will begin observing the asteroid using the James Webb ...