The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...
YR4, the "city-killer" asteroid that briefly made headlines last year due to a small but non-zero chance that it may hit the ...
Scientists have issued a chilling warning regarding the city-killier asteroid, 2024 YR4, currently racing toward the moon, ...
NASA is closely tracking two asteroids, 2025 VW and 2025 VC2 that are around 1-2 million miles away from the planet.
NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4, a space rock approximately the size of a 15-story building, might collide with the ...
Scientists are considering possible deflection scenarios, including detonating a nuclear bomb near the asteroid.
Scientists say 3I/Atlas came closest to Mars in October. Its path this month put it in the path of the warm rays of our sun, where a tail became more visible. The 3.5-mile solar object is traveling at ...
California-based TransAstra is testing an inflatable “Capture Bag” that comes in different sizes and is intended to catch asteroids for mining.
Scientists have unveiled the Nadir crater, a 5-mile wide undersea structure off the coast of West Africa, believed to have ...