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

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...

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

If this asteroid follows the pattern of other near-Earth asteroids after their discovery, the chances of impact will rise and then fall, according to the agency. For example, the asteroid Apophis ...

If the asteroid were to hit the Earth, NASA estimates that would happen on Dec. 22, 2032. It would most likely land somewhere ...

YR4: Should we be worried about the space rock hurtling towards Earth? - Humanity has been working on ways to deflect ...

The scientists set out to analyze the UV-Vis-NIR spectra of ten known angrites that have fallen to Earth and compare them with the spectra of 712 documented asteroids. "We have a wide collection ...

The scientists set out to analyze the UV-Vis-NIR spectra of ten known angrites that have fallen to Earth and compare them with the spectra of 712 documented asteroids. "We have a wide collection of ...

However, gravitational interactions, typically with Jupiter, can sometimes send asteroids flying out of the belt, potentially bringing them into the inner solar system and even near Earth.

That lack of data could be a problem, as the increased traffic could muddy astronomers’ view of space and complicate the work of tracking asteroids that could strike Earth. One case in point ...

We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...