A report published in Science Advances details when the asteroid could collide with Earth and the destruction it would cause.
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.
According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.
YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...
NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...
The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...
Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.
The image below, taken by the European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter (which arrived at Mars in 2016), shows one of the ...
Days after it was confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth, American space agency, Nasa ...
Two asteroids in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ... Vis-NIR spectra of ten known angrites that have fallen to Earth and compare them with the spectra of 712 documented asteroids.
Based on its brightness, astronomers estimate it is between 130 and 300 feet wide. "An asteroid ... shooting past Mars and out toward Jupiter. For now, it's zooming away from Earth, and its ...