A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it anyway. Here's what it found.

Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...

A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than previously thought, Nasa says. When first discovered, asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

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Water-rich meteorites contain key ingredients for life, yet they barely appear in meteorite collections. Recent research using shooting stars may explain why.

Proctor Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid with the potential ... NASA determined there was a chance it could hit Earth. The risk of an Earth impact has since dropped ...

Not only that, but scientists now have a better idea of how large 2024 YR4 is ... so much interest in the first place because it was believed that if the asteroid were to hit Earth, it would cause ...

Many researchers believe these ancient rocks played a crucial role in delivering water to early Earth ... large sections of the night sky for bright flashes, which signal a meteoroid hitting ...