A U.S. asteroid-mining company has announced the target space rock for its upcoming test mission. California-based AstroForge has identified asteroid 2022 OB5 as the destination for its Mission 2 ...

"I find this asteroid to be extremely exciting! This is the last chance we have to observe the asteroid from Gemini before 2028." It might not look like much in this image, but this is the ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to ...

A Big Job for Little Pay, But At Least the Bots Do the Heavy Lifting Astronomics is an asteroid mining adventure where you're trying to earn your way out of the asteroid belt, scavenging ...

A 2% chance of an asteroid strike is "uncommon," officials say. The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is still quite slim.New ...

Astronomers have spotted an asteroid with a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be about 40-90 meters wide, big enough to cause local devastation but not ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid big enough to destroy a whole city. As experts learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, they've confirmed that the odds of impact ...

An asteroid capable of flattening a mid-sized city could potentially collide with Earth eight years from now, as its orbit around the sun briefly intersects the path of our planet. Named 2024 YR4 ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. And as they learn more about ...