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Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...

YR4 has been placed at the top of the dangerous space object watch list with NASA and the European Space Agency ...

Late last December, astronomers discovered a near-Earth asteroid about 130 to 330 feet wide. New analysis has found that 2024 YR4 has a 1.2% probability, or 1-in-83 chance, of hitting Earth on ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, a football-pitch-sized space rock with a one in 83 chance of hitting Earth in December 2032.

Scientists have spotted an asteroid as wide as a Boeing 747's wingspan that has a one-in-83 chance of hitting the Earth. 2024 YR4 is heading towards the Earth and will arrive in December 2032.

Paris (AFP) – Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light on the perennial question of how life began on our planet.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking into Earth in 2032, space agency officials have said. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%. “We are not worried ...