In 2029, one of the solar system's many asteroids will pass Earth close enough to see with the naked eye. But asteroid ...

YR4, an asteroid that currently has a more than 1 percent chance to hit the Earth in 2032, catching the attention of ...

Asteroid 99942 Apophis, named after the ancient Egyptian god of darkness, is set to pass incredibly close to Earth in 2029, at just 32,000 km. While there is no risk of a collision, scientists are ...

Astronomers identified a potentially hazardous asteroid traveling 38,700 mph, measuring between 130 and 300 feet wide, and a ...

The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance ...

Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...

The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking ...

Update: Odds have slightly increased to 1 in 83. This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly ...

NASA has unveiled discoveries made from examining samples taken from the asteroid Bennu, which shed light on how widely the ...

YR4 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on December 25, 2024, when it was around 515,116 miles away from Earth.

ASTRONOMERS have been rocked by the discovery of a new asteroid that could hit Earth in only seven years. Experts say there’s ...