The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...

Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

Some asteroids are composed of rock, some iron, some are even made of precious metals, she said. “Think of a four-way stop, ...

Astronomers believe thousands of large undiscovered asteroids, that could cause regional damage, may be in space.

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...

A smart TV is an internet-connected television that offers a range of online features, such as on-demand content from apps like BBC iPlayer, ITVX and All 4, access to streaming services like Netflix, ...

Representative image created using AI. This weekend, two asteroids – 2025 DE5 and 2025 DB22 – will make close approaches to Earth, travelling at alarming speeds. While they are not expected to hit our ...

Asteroids of this size or larger that come near ... One asteroid in particular—2024 YR4—made headlines recently when it was estimated to have a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter, it was described as a potential “city killer.” On its estimated ...

Still, it is a pretty big blast that could damage a city-wide area," Hainaut added. Asteroids have struck Earth occasionally over its long history, often with cataclysmic results. For example, an ...

What changed these predictions and more importantly, how do scientists determine if asteroids should strike? Projecting asteroid collision depends on whether we can see it in the darkness of ...