An asteroid hurtling through space could hit the moon in 2032 – and scientists are weighing how best to deal with it.

Learn more about the possible prevention strategies for the 2024 YR4 asteroid, which was previously thought to pose a threat ...

In a plan ripped straight from the script of the 1998 movie "Armageddon," scientists have suggested a simple, if violent, method of dealing with a troublesome asteroid. Just nuke it. But in this case, ...

"With these probability maps, we can push asteroids away while preventing them from returning on an impact trajectory, ...

Detecting an asteroid when it was still about to hit Earth is difficult enough; finding it once it has already impacted our planet is even harder. This is ...

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 ...