NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...

YR4 was discovered just a month ago. It is being monitored because there is a possibility – though very small – of impact with Earth in 2032. What do we know so far about this asteroid, and what would ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years ...

Strange "right-handed" neutrinos may be responsible for all the matter in the universe, according to new research. Why is the universe filled with something other than nothing? Almost all ...

The data obtained also provides an insight into the history of water on Earth: according to a widespread assumption, it only arrived on Earth after the formation of the moon through a series of ...