This artistic animation shows asteroid 2024 YR4 passing by Earth. Astronomers created a 3D image of the newly discovered asteroid after observing it with a telescope in Chile. (9NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R.

About exactly four years from now, the asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth on April 13, 2029. This space rock, measuring ...

On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...

Dinosaurs were thriving before the asteroid hit Fossil and Climate data show no signs of decline Catastrophic impact caused abrupt mass extinction ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data ...

In the field of space exploration and asteroid monitoring, some discoveries raise more eyebrows than others– and asteroid 2024 YR4 is one of them. When it was first detected, astronomers feared ...

The research, which will be published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, was based on images of the asteroid at multiple wavelengths to perform a detailed analysis of its light curve ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck, scientists said Tuesday. A team of astronomers used the Gemini South ...

open image in gallery Artist’s illustration of asteroid 2024 YR4 as it flies by the Earth and heads toward potential impact with the Moon (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R Proctor) It would be one of the ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter. The asteroid that once had a ...

A newly discovered asteroid is on track for a close brush with Earth—and it might even slam into the Moon. Recently, astronomers got a closer look at the giant space rock, revealing its violent ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck, scientists said Tuesday. A team of astronomers used the Gemini South ...