"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...

Artist's impression of NASA's DART mission, which collided with the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022 to test planetary defense techniques ...

Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea have uncovered new insights about 2024 YR4. This is an Earth-crossing ...

Astronomers have constructed a 3D representation of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be one of the biggest objects to impact the Moon next decade. Using observations from the Gemini South Telescope ...

The asteroid is shaped like a hockey puck and is about the size of a football field in diameter which is about 60m.

The space rock was first detected in December and was initially considered to have a chance of striking Earth in 2032.

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...

Astronomers have now constructed a 3D model of asteroid 2024 YR4 using observations conducted by the Gemini South telescope ...

An asteroid which could be up to 220 feet wide will now miss Earth - but the chances of the space rock slamming into the moon ...

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While asteroid mining is already being undertaken, the first mission didn't exactly go off without a hitch. Here's what ...