According to NASA, "Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to observe with either space or ground-based telescopes. The space ...

The interstellar visitor posed no threat to our planet, but experts thought it could fight dangerous asteroids looking to ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA. The space rock, called 2024 YR4, was previously given up to a 3.1% chance of ...

UN launches a global planetary-defence campaign as interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS speeds past Earth, sparking both scientific ...

An asteroid about the size of a small building zoomed past Earth unnoticed by astronomers last week, coming as close to the Earth’s surface as the International Space Station, according to the ...

The asteroid is projected to come within 865,000 miles of Earth—nearly five times closer than the orbit of the moon.

An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our neck of space in ...

An astrological mystery event that lit up the daytime sky Wednesday over parts of the upper and midwest and southern Canada may have been solved. Scientists say the fireball was likely a rock that had ...

Astronomers have identified a skyscraper-sized asteroid, 2025 SC79, orbiting incredibly close to the Sun and at a near-record speed. This 'twilight as ...

A meteorite that broke off 2023 CXI and was found in northwestern France Volunteers search for meterorites in February 2023 in Angiens, France With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked ...