"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...
According to estimates, the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, had the highest chance of any asteroid to hit Earth in modern history.
Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...
Estimates of the probability of an impact from asteroid 2024 YR4 have gone down to near zero, but that doesn't mean Earth is safe.
The asteroid, 2024 YR4, was detected by UH’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and given a 3% probability ...
For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter ...
NASA is monitoring three aircraft-sized asteroids that will zoom past the Earth later today at around 19,000 to 22,200 miles per hour.
When sunlight hits Earth’s atmosphere during a lunar eclipse, light frequencies toward the blue end of the visible spectrum ...
The asteroid everyone was worried about won't hit Earth. Better news: Folks working in Baltimore will help us learn more ...
Earth' planet named HD 20794 d, which could have conditions suitable for lifeThe planet has a mass six times greater than Earth's and orbits within the habitable zone of a star similar to the ...
A large asteroid, 535844 (2015 BY310), will pass the Planet Earth at a distance of about 3.7 million kilometers. Moving at 28,300 kilometers per hour, it presents no immediate danger, but NASA is ...
Emporia State University's Peterson Planetarium is all about asteroids in March, with a focus on one asteroid in particular.