On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...

Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

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

The changes of an asteroid hitting the moon on Dec. 22, 2023 have increased. Learn what the experts say will happen if the ...

It's an asteroid the size of Germany which would wipe out all human life on earth if it ever hit — which is extremely unlikely to ever happen. The Vesta asteroid has a diameter of more than 300 ...

The asteroid that frightened the world just over a month ago — after it was learned that it had a 3.1% chance of colliding with Earth within eight years — could actually collide with the Moon, ...

On March 29, 1807, the German astronomer Heinrich Olbers discovered the asteroid Vesta. Vesta is the second-largest body in the asteroid belt and is surpassed in size only by the dwarf planet Ceres.

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The James Webb Space Telescope will make additional observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4’s characteristics and orbital path in May using the midinfrared instrument, pictured being installed into ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth in December ... Objects that are larger than 460 feet wide and that could come within 4.65 million miles of Earth — according to the International Astronomical ...