Applicants must be younger than 35 and “maintain a firm political stance” in line with the ruling Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping, the job listing said.

YR4 peaked at a 3 on the scale, which ranges from 0 (no chance of impact) to 10 (a collision is certain and would cause ...

This collision altered the asteroid’s trajectory ... The mission, set to launch in the fall of 2027, will focus on identifying large asteroids that could potentially collide with Earth ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking Earth are almost zero after earlier data had indicated a higher risk of a ...

An astronomer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge is tracking a huge asteroid that could ... NASA rated the probability of a collision at 3.1%. That is the highest likelihood ...

YR4 peaked at a 3 on the scale, which ranges from 0 (no chance of impact) to 10 (a collision is certain and would cause worldwide devastation.) Because it's big enough to destroy a city asteroid ...