The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

YR4 is circling Earth and NASA predicts it could strike the planet in 2032. Here's what to know about the asteroid headed ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

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The odds of a "city-killer" asteroid striking Earth in about eight years time has gone up. NASA's initial analysis of the newly identified asteroid, 2024 YR4, estimated to be between 40 and 100 metres ...

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An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don’t run for cover just yet. A NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted the asteroid ...

And this added information may likely ... Credit: NASA Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks can still be ...

Every living thing on Earth contains DNA, which stores the genetic information needed to build ... have made huge progress in understanding how asteroids like Bennu evolved, and how they may ...