We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...

Initially considered to be an asteroid, it brightened significantly ... would be a treat. Chiron’s orbit brings it a little closer to the Sun than Saturn at its closest, and takes it out beyond ...

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

However, Chiron was classified as an asteroid. It moves around Jupiter and Neptune through one orbit that is extremely unstable. Studying Chiron is particularly difficult because of such ...

An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...

They also expect the chance of an impact to fall dramatically in the near future when we know more about its orbit. Asteroid hunter David Rankin first "precovered" (short for pre-discovery ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

Scientists will be able to get another look at the asteroid then, Harwood said, and determine its orbit and trajectory. Betts said, "The odds are very good that not only will this not hit Earth ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting planet Earth in seven years.

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4 and measuring 100m by 40m, is currently at a distance of around 27 million miles and is edging away. However, its path will cross our orbit on 22 December 2032 and ...