There is a second round of observations set for May 2025, before the asteroid could disappear into the outer solar system for ...

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...

About exactly four years from now, the asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth on April 13, 2029. This space rock, measuring ...

Space a is a fascinating place. It's the curiosity and the anxiety of the unknown that pique's the interest. How the Earth ...

YR4 was classified in February at Level 3 on the Torino Scale prompting the UN to activate the Planetary Security Protocol for the first time.

NASA shares update on potential for city-destroying asteroid and says the chance of the asteroid hitting Earth are very slim.

A new study found dinosaurs were thriving on Earth before asteroid hit, challenging idea they were already in decline before ...

A team of astronomers has determined the shape of asteroid 2024 YR4, which could hit the moon. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid ...

Dinosaurs weren't in decline when an asteroid smashed into Earth and wiped them out, scientists say. Instead, the idea that dinosaur diversity was declining before the asteroid struck 66 million ...

The Lucy spacecraft is heading for another encounter with a main belt asteroid, NASA said on Tuesday. The probe will fly by Donaldjohanson next week as a "dress rehearsal" before the start of its main ...