China is mobilizing against an asteroid with disturbingly good odds of hitting the planet. Here’s what you need to know.

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A Chinese defence agency is recruiting space researchers following the discovery of a large asteroid with a 2.2 per cent ...

As best as anyone can tell, if any hazardously sized asteroid were to hit Earth in the relatively near future, it would most ...

A newly discovered asteroid being tracked by the global science community has a nearly 98% chance of zooming by Earth without touching our atmosphere. However, if Asteroid 2024 YR4 does hit Earth, ...

Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.

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