Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

Apophis will make a rare close flyby of Earth in 2029 as scientists study its effects and analyse new findings on ...

YR4, the "city-killer" asteroid that briefly made headlines last year due to a small but non-zero chance that it may hit the ...

A team of researchers has uncovered a remarkably intact impact structure that is now known as the Jinlin crater.