The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track ...
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...
NASA stated that there is currently a 2.3 per cent (or 1 in 43) chance that the asteroid will hit Earth on December 22, 2032.
Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.
NASA officials have discovered a new asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in December 2032. The near-Earth asteroid has been named 2024 YR4.
The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...
The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...
Follow-up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is on a path that might lead to a collision ... And what ...
HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...
NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...
A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.