After asteroid 2024 YR4 first flew into view of NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in December 2024 ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

The asteroid, discovered in December 2024, is believed to measure between 40 metres and 90 metres. It was first given a ...

YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance ...

Police work in an area around the Clemenceau metro station after a shooting incident in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.

A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

The "parade of planets" in the evening sky continues. Starting the evening of Feb. 22, Mercury will join the lineup but it ...

Learn about the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, its close approaches to Earth, and the catastrophic consequences of a potential ...

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to ...