This observation triggered a fervid series of observations of the object – possibly as big as a football field – to determine ...

A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity has only just recovered from the near-miss of asteroid YR4, which ...

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of ...

Could a meteorite really hit a person and injure them? And just how common is a meteorite crashing down to Earth? The frequency ... These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Recently the asteroid 2024 YR4, which is expected to pass Earth in 2032, was calculated to have a 1 in 83 chance of striking ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth ... including asteroids, meteors and meteorites — impacting Earth. "The majority of near-Earth ...

Binzel literally created the system scientists and ordinary people alike utilize to assess the threats posed by near-Earth objects on a scale of 0 (no threat) to 10 (will definitely hit Earth and ...