NASA is also tracking two other asteroids near Earth today, including a larger bus-sized one called "2025 HR1" that's ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

An Apollo-class asteroid, 2011 VG9, is approaching Earth at a staggering speed, set to pass on April 16th. While not classified as 'potentially hazardous' due to its distance, its size and ...

What kind of damage could an asteroid of this size cause? Damage depends on the asteroid’s exact size and composition, which remains uncertain. For an object in this size range, an airburst is the ...

The potential dangers of these asteroid sizes increase when slight gravitational forces modify their trajectory or prediction mistakes occur during projected flybys. According to NASA tracking errors ...

With improved detection capabilities, more small near-Earth objects are likely to be discovered. The study of YR4 serves as a precedent for rapid telescope deployment and analysis in future cases of ...

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

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near ... kind of crater a rock of this size could leave.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first detailed images of asteroid 2024 YR4, providing new insights into its size, surface material, and heat patterns. Initially considered a ...

asteroid 2025 BC10 has an estimated diameter between 1,181 and 2,625 feet (360 and 800 meters). Despite being labeled by NASA as potentially hazardous due to its size and proximity to Earth's ...

NASA has raised the odds that a massive asteroid, about the size of a 10-storey building, could collide with Earth's Moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, discovered in December 2024, initially posed a ...

Whilst a potential asteroid impact with Earth could be devastating, scientists were optimistic about 2024 YR4's potential damage due to its size and the fact that it would likely fall into a ...