Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...

Space enthusiasts will have the opportunity to witness a rare celestial event where a "potentially hazardous" asteroid slightly larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza is set to zoom past our planet.

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

Amongst millions of other floating space rocks that call this belt home, 20008 Adacarrera is one of the largest with a diameter greater than 99% of known asteroids. One specific space rock may seem ...

Despite their overall similarities, asteroids are usually pretty distinct from one another. Vesta has a very different ...

The planetary defense team also said they would continue to monitor “all known asteroids” they may come Earth’s way.

A "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a pyramid will skim past Earth today, Nasa has revealed. The space rock, known ...

The 700–1,300 feet-wide space rock deformed rocks more than six miles from the impact site when it hit 600 million years ago.

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some point in the near future, this risk may be out of date. The rock is 130 ...