An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with Earth, according to the United States Geological Survey. Small asteroids ...

Where things stand: The chances of the asteroid hitting Earth currently stand at 2.1%, or about 1 in 47, and could fall to ...

A terrifying new animation has revealed the projected path of the 'city-destroying' asteroid heading towards Earth.

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...

There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton ...

NASA has warned the chance has doubled that the asteroid hurtling towards Earth will make contact. The United States space agency warned the likelihood of Asteroid 2024 YR4 striking us in 2032 had ...

Was 2020’s ‘Don’t Look Up’ accurate? Find out what NASA revealed about an asteroid that will approach Earth in 2032.

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ruled out NATO membership for Ukraine and said it is “unrealistic” to expect Ukraine’s ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

"One advantage of the shallow entry, slow velocity atmospheric path model is that by the time the meteoroid is close to ...