The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future. Each year, according to Nasa ...

For a few tense weeks earlier this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 loomed large in the minds of astronomers and the public alike.

NASA has announced that the 540-foot-wide asteroid 2014 TN17 will pass Earth on March 26, 2025. Despite the pass being 5 million kilometers away, its designation as a potentially hazardous asteroid ...

Apophis will make its closest to Earth in 2029, giving astronomers a unique opportunity to refine their models. Beyond assessing collision risks, this event will help them better understand the ...

Astronomers from SETI Institute, NASA’s Ames Research Center and Curtin University have traced the impact orbit of 75 observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the ...

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Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from short ...

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type.

When the universe gives you asteroid lemons, you should make science lemonade. The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of ...

A massively destructive asteroid could be heading straight for Earth right now, but we don’t have the technology to detect it or prevent it, according to an expert. Asteroid 2024 YR4 has sparked ...

If YR4 did hit our planet, it would have packed a punch equivalent to eight billion kilos of TNT, scientists calculated. But there could be another asteroid like YR4 - or worse - lurking in our ...