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 ...

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.

YR4 should remain hovering around 1%, should humanity choose to, we have already proven we can nudge asteroids out of our way ...