NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, which showed discoveries about life and the early solar ...

The Professional Tennis Players' Association (PTPA) files a lawsuit against the sport's governing bodies, accusing them of ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about ...

Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

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YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

According to estimates, the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, had the highest chance of any asteroid to hit Earth in modern history.

A spacecraft's sample return capsule was detected entering the Earth's atmosphere using acoustic sensors by a team of ...

Researchers have found a 3.5 billion year old impact crater of a meteorite. It could have played a role in the history of the ...

For example, an asteroid estimated at 10 to 15km wide - much larger than 2024 YR4 - hit off the ... asteroid the size of Bennu - with a diameter of roughly 500m - strikes Earth.