Asteroid 2024 YR4, a roughly 180 foot wide rock initially labeled a “city killer,” has focused attention on how quickly a ...

Scientists are exploring a bold new approach to protect Earth from dangerous asteroids: detonating nuclear devices to either deflect or break them apart. A recent study proposes that nuclear ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...

The discovery and swift monitoring of asteroid 2024 YR4 earlier this year represented Earth's first real-life planetary defense test. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...