Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...

Astronomers believe that 14,000 undiscovered near-Earth objects like asteroids, large enough to cause damage, could be in space. Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth ...

Languages: English and Italian. NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per hour. The space rock, known as "2025 FO6," is ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

They're named after the absolutely enormous asteroid 887 Alinda, first discovered in 1918. At roughly 2.5 miles across, 887 Alinda would cause an extinction-level catastrophe if it struck Earth.

and if the asteroid does veer off on a collision course with Earth, there are few ways to combat it. According to estimates, the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, had the highest chance of any asteroid ...

NASA officials this week said recent calculations show a significantly smaller risk than previously believed that Earth could be annihilated in 2032 as a result of being hit by Asteroid 2024 YR4.

Recently the asteroid 2024 YR4, which is expected to pass Earth in 2032, was calculated to have a 1 in 83 chance of striking our planet. Then a week passed and suddenly there was a new headline ...

You're likely in the clear. NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth. Last week, the asteroid had a 3.1% probability of hitting Earth, which set a record level ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially thought to pose a threat to Earth, will not impact the planet in 2032, though a collision with the moon remains possible. It follows ...