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

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The ...

Over a 12-year mission, Lucy is scheduled to visit a total of 11 asteroids across two swarms that are leading and trailing Jupiter. Still, every asteroid counts for this mission, and a new paper ...

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

More than 38,000 asteroids are known to be in Earth's vicinity, including 973 "planet killers" of more than half a mile in diameter. Most pose no risk. But NASA estimates that only about 43% of ...

February, asteroid 2024 YR4 was spotted and originally believed to have a 3.1 per cent of hitting Earth in 2032. Further calculations revealed this was not the case.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is just one of more than a million asteroids in orbit, but just another out of the 35,000 “near-Earth asteroids” out there that could become dangerous, said Sherry Fieber ...

Nubeo’s limited edition Atari Asteroids watch respects the manic nature of high-stakes arcade gaming.

When it comes to both asteroids and earthquakes, that devastation tends to be less than might be feared. The scale gives specific information about who exactly should be worried about an asteroid.

KILLER ASTEROIDS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH. NASA JUST ANNOUNCED A DEAL WITH SPACEX TO LAUNCH THE NEAR-EARTH OBJECT, OR NEO SURVEY OR MISSION. YEAH, WELL, THE ODDS ARE SMALL OF IT EVER ...