While finding massive metallic rocks in space is relatively easy, asteroids that are just ten metres in size are far harder ...

We all know that asteroids are out there, that some of them come dangerously close to Earth, and that they've struck Earth before with catastrophic consequences. The recent discovery of asteroid 2024 ...

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

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

All asteroids orbit the sun, and some have orbital paths ... If it does strike Earth, it will do so on Dec. 22, 2032, with the “risk corridor” calculated to be across the eastern Pacific ...

Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are asteroids or comets nudged into our neighborhood ... Denneau says. "We do that for hundreds of footprints at each telescope every single night," he says.

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

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

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