The asteroid has been given a rating of 3 out of 10, indicating a "close encounter, meriting attention by astronomers." ...

Weeks after the asteroid's discovery, China’s defense agency announced three key vacancies in its planetary defense ...

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Though that number’s rising, experts say further research could bring it to zero Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Last week, NASA reported that a newly identified asteroid has a more than 1 ...

Much can change when it comes to the potential impact and danger of Asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth, so let's take a ...

When the spacecraft completed its long journey home more than a year ago, NASA split up a 120-gram sample, collected in October 2020 from the asteroid Bennu, among researchers around the globe.

Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for miles. It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday. The findings provide the ...

Is an asteroid set to collide with Earth in 2032? Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) say they have spotted a space rock that could smash into the Earth. While the ...

Estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, Asteroid 2024 YR4 grabbed the attention of astronomers when it rose on the NASA automated Sentry risk list on December 31, 2024. Listen to Story Nasa ...

A story you may have seen recently claims an asteroid spotted this month by an astronomer turned out to be a Tesla in space. Believe it or not, this one's true. In 2018, Elon Musk and SpaceX ...