That asteroid was probably about six miles across; Bennu is less than a third of a mile wide, on average. Even so, a collision with Bennu would be regionally devastating. An impact would pack the ...

An asteroid scientists feared would cause havoc by striking the Earth in the year 2032 now has an increased likelihood of hitting the Moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is currently too distant to detect with ...

However, later on Thursday afternoon, the impact probability increased to 2.3%, stated NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. The asteroid was discovered in December 2024 and its ...

The spacecraft grabbed so much of the asteroid Bennu, its sample-collection device got jammed. Now the material is safe and sound. A series of images from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the ...