A 196-foot-wide asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in 2032. An expert tells Space.com where this asteroid could ...

The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking ...

According to research from NASA’s Center of NEO Studies the asteroid is projected to come within 66,000 miles of earth on ...

Earlier this month, astronomers at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reported discovery of an asteroid passing ...

BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...

A n asteroid discovered in 2024 has been placed at level 3 on the Torino impact scale, with a small chance of impact with ...

A small object, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to zip past Earth on January 31. Read more: ...

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...

The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.

Major astronomy body the Minor Planet Centre (MPC) was forced to list the discovery - made by a citizen scientist - as ...