In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...

"This also reflects China's active commitment to fulfilling its responsibilities as a major nation in the field of asteroid monitoring, early warning and defense," said Zhao.

Agency looking at ways to use planet-threatening rocks’ tiny gravitational fields to slightly alter their trajectories ...

Hollywood films would have you believe that the best way to deal with an Earth-threatening asteroid is to blast it out of ...