Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

An asteroid named 2024 YR4, first spotted Dec. 27, is possibly headed right toward Earth, but we don't need to run for cover just yet. Here's why.

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

Further research might bring those odds down to zero, but we will likely have to wait a couple of years to know for sure ...

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

Nearly 60 years later, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu ... standard for geochemistry. They can compare the compositions of everything ...

It's actually good news that NASA spotted a sizable asteroid with a (small ... profoundly changing the prediction.) You can stay tuned: NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies provides ...

Daksh Malik's discovery shows how curiosity and passion for space can be taken to the next level. Through his participation in the International Asteroid Discovery Project, he's giving back to ...