Acquiring more data, like refining the space rock’s trajectory, may reduce the odds of a direct hit to zero. But astronomers ...

is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. On Tuesday, NASA calculated that the space rock had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, while the European Space Agency’s risk assessment sits at ...

A bus-sized asteroid is set to pass close to Earth today. Named Asteroid 2025 DM7, this space rock will narrowly avoid impact, according to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic ...

An asteroid is headed towards the Earth - but it’s probably not time to panic just yet. In recent days, there has been increasing alarm about 2024 YR4, an asteroid that is on course to fly ...

The rock tour has officially been canceled. After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth safe from “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4. On Tuesday, the space ...

For instance, NASA's robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft journeyed to an asteroid named Bennu and in 2020 collected samples of rock and dust that, according to a study published in January, bore some of ...

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off after ...

The space rock could be anywhere between around 33 and 72 feet in diameter, noted the JPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). 2025 DM7 is not the only asteroid within the vicinity of ...