A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 as it heads towards Earth. Should we be worried about it? Here's what ...
The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
How did it ascend to that point? The asteroid that was headed towards Earth was actually a Tesla. An amateur astronomer ...
NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet. The space rock—dubbed "2025 BV5"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion ...
"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...
BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...