A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.

If this asteroid follows the pattern of other near-Earth asteroids after their discovery, the chances of impact will rise and then fall, according to the agency. For example, the asteroid Apophis ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting planet Earth in 7 years. The animation, provided by the NASA-funded ...

The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour.

Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system. Nasa releases images.

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from ...