In an effort to address a growing space risk, China has initiated a planetary defense program aimed at preventing a potential collision with asteroid 2024 YR4, which is projected to come close to ...

The asteroid has been given a rating of 3 out of 10, indicating a "close encounter, meriting attention by astronomers." ...

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NASA says an asteroid measuring up to 300 feet across could crash into Earth in 2032. While the agency says the chances of ...

China has started assembling a planetary defence team to counter the threat of near-Earth asteroids following the discovery of a large asteroid that could strike our planet in seven years.

Weeks after the asteroid's discovery, China’s defense agency announced three key vacancies in its planetary defense ...

For the first time ever, the UN activates Planetary Security Control. This all because of an asteroid collision that is being ...

CHINA is assembling a planetary defence team after a giant “city-killer” asteroid was discovered hurtling towards Earth. The ...

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with two people – a planetary scientist who studies the geology of the Moon, and a space lawyer who studies space policy and geopolitics – about ...

The chances of an asteroid hitting Earth have increased, so China is putting together a 'planetary defence team'.

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made.