NASA has issued an alert for asteroid 2024 YU1, a 110-ft space rock passing Earth on January 4 at 26,319 km/h.

The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is expected to pass us at a distance of 95,200 miles, about twice as close as the orbit of the ...

Prof Fitzsimmons said while most large asteroids have now been discovered by astronomers, there is still a risk to Earth from ...

A Belfast-based astronomer has said a planetary defence mission with which he is involved will help scientists gather new ...