On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

NASA has said Earth will likely be spared by a deadly Big Ben-sized asteroid and predicts it could smash into the Moon instead in a dramatic collision. The space agency feared the chance of a ...

Binzel is a professor of planetary science ... orbits will result in calculations yielding nonzero probabilities of collision over the next century,” Binzel shared in his 1999 paper.

Had countless science fiction stories of asteroids discovered on a collision course with Earth ... quipped Richard Binzel, an MIT professor of planetary science who studies asteroids, in an ...

YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 have again risen, though the risk remains tiny, astronomers say. Here's what to ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...

For an hour, HERA flew as close as 5,600 kilometers from the Martian surface, at a speed of 33,480 kilometers an hour. It ...

Applicants must be younger than 35 and “maintain a firm political stance” in line with the ruling Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping, the job listing said.

The chances that an asteroid hits Earth in 2032 are now at their highest since the object was first discovered, according to NASA.

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

The new planetary defense recruits will likely play a key role in these efforts. At the center of the concern is asteroid 2024 YR4, which recently had its collision risk upgraded from 1.3% to 2.2%.