Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...

ATLANTA — The chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth has doubled, now sitting at 2.3 percent. The headlines alone can make one nervous. So, is it something to be concerned about?

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids. NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the ...

The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour.

Asteroid headed towards Earth could smash into the Moon, scientists say - Nasa expects chances of Earth collision to be ...

If this asteroid follows the pattern of other near-Earth asteroids after their discovery, the chances of impact will rise and then fall, according to the agency. For example, the asteroid Apophis ...

“The object had a close approach with Earth,” which made it bright enough to be detected in surveys for asteroids, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies. Observations and data ...