YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

It came from outer space! In the early morning of June 30, 1908, people in the remote Tunguska region of Siberia beheld an ...

The cosmos has always fascinated humanity with its vast mysterious expanse holding both beauty and potential danger. Among the threats from outer space asteroids are ... Read more The post Why ...

Despite a brief panic, asteroid 2024 YR4 isn't likely to hit us anytime soon, but we can still study the asteroid up close to ...

Tiny grains collected from the asteroid Ryugu have given scientists a new window into the magnetic forces that shaped the ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Donaldjohanson (DJ), which is about to be studied by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft in an upcoming flyby on April 20, 2025? This | ...

A stock image showing an illustration of an asteroid in outer space near the Earth. A stock image showing an illustration of an asteroid in outer space near the Earth. iStock / Getty Images Plus ...

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

A stock image of an asteroid in outer space near Earth planet. A stock image of an asteroid in outer space near Earth planet. buradaki/iStock / Getty Images Plus Asteroids, also known as minor ...

FOR a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90m in diameter, it was ...

But when the universe gives you asteroid lemons, you should make science lemonade, researchers at the Initiative for Interstellar Studies in the United Kingdom and Space Initiatives Inc propose in ...