The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour ...
YRâ‚„ has now been observed hundreds of times, but an impact still cannot be ruled out. The first images are also available.
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...
NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...
Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...
An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than the atomic bomb has triggered global space ...
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble ...
The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
The space rock, dubbed 2024 YR4, could pose a threat to Earth with over 1% chance of hitting us on December 22, 2032.