Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...

Only 30%-50% of the remaining objects survive the atmospheric passage and become meteorites. The debris pieces whose orbits bring them closer to the Sun tend to be significantly more durable, making ...

An international team of researchers may have answered one of space science's long-running questions—and it could change our ...

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...

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

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

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

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

A study has looked into whether or not it would be possible for life on Titan to exist and what it would look like if so.

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

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