The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

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

An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been ...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.

JX8 to pass Earth safely on May 9, visible through live str Live stream begins 4:30 p.m. EDT via The Virtual Telescope Project site Asteroid 2002 JX8 is 950 feet wide and poses no danger to Earth at a ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

New study finds dinosaurs weren’t declining before asteroid impact; a biased fossil record misled decades of paleontology.

Researchers say the dinosaurs weren’t yet in decline shortly before the extinction event, contradicting previous findings ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

All of the dinosaur families were widespread and common, according to models developed by the researchers — and thus at low ...

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The discovery of 2024 PT5, a small, rocky body dubbed a "minimoon" during its discovery last year, hints at a hidden ...