Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact ...

The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

There's a 4.3% chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the lunar surface and creating a collision so spectacular it will be like ...

For decades, the idea of saving Earth from an incoming asteroid with nuclear weapons lived mostly in popcorn cinema, a ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 may collide with the Moon in 2032, potentially causing bright flashes and meteor storms visible from Earth, ...

If the building-size asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the moon in December 2032, the impact will produce a bright flash that may be visible to the naked eye, a new study finds.

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

An asteroid about the size of a small building zoomed past Earth unnoticed by astronomers last week, coming as close to the Earth’s surface as the International Space Station, according to the ...