Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Stars similar to the Sun produce a gigantic ... Astronomers Find the Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected in the Main Belt Dec. 9, 2024 — Astronomers have found a way to spot ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Where things stand: The chances of the asteroid hitting Earth currently stand at 2.1%, or about 1 in 47, and could fall to ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

But it was far from the first, as a host of similar cases have troubled astronomers ... squarely on cataloging and tracking natural asteroids, comets and other natural bodies — the day will ...

"These things come through on a regular basis ... Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks can still be ...