After taking another peek at the "city-killer" asteroid that once had a small but uncomfortable chance of smashing into our ...

Per NASA, the asteroid will only be visible from Earth for a little while longer. The asteroid's orbit is currently taking it away from Earth, and the agency estimates that it'll disappear from ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

They orbit the sun and are mostly found in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, but some orbit closer to Earth. When viewed from Earth, asteroids appear as faint moving points of light ...

If our cosmic neighbor were to take such a hit from an asteroid of that size, NASA assures that the moon's orbit around Earth would not be altered. The risk to the moon is only part of the reason ...

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The deep space asteroid ... launched into orbit. The asteroid 2024 YR4 caused a stir earlier this year when astronomers announced there was a not-zero chance of it striking Earth in 2032.

The space agency now believe there's virtually zero chance of an Earth collision occurring and says in the slim chance the asteroid did hit the moon it would not impact its orbit. Asteroids are ...

April 3 (UPI) --NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be ... the first crewed mission to orbit Earth's north and south poles, ended when the Crew Dragon capsule splashed down in ...