2024 YR4 is currently at the top of NASA's Sentry Risk Table of asteroid threats ... These types of asteroids are often called 'city killers'. The Chelyabinsk impact, on February 15, 2013 ...

Scientists have warned that a newly discovered 'city-destroying' asteroid has a chance of smashing into Earth in the next decade. The nearly 200-foot-wide space rock, labeled 2024 YR4, has a 1.2 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — NASA scientists released their findings on Wednesday after the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft crashed into the asteroid Bennu and brought samples back to Earth. Scientists said ...

The asteroid came closest to Earth on Christmas Day — passing within roughly 500,000 miles (800,000 kilometers) of Earth, about twice the distance of the moon. It was discovered two days later.

An object in space that astronomers initially identified as an alarmingly close asteroid headed towards Earth turns out to be a Tesla car that Elon Musk launched in 2018 as part of a publicity ...

Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City (2023) is another beautifully shot and empathetically emotive film set in a quirky desert town during a Junior Stargazer convention. The film garnered critical acclaim ...

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is back to work. Even with the divisional round loss to the Washington Commanders, he knows the franchise has what they need to bring Detroit the city's first ...

Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science. The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world's attention last year after a telescope discovered it lingering close to ...