The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

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If so, the stable trio of icy space rocks would be just the second example of three gravitationally bound space rocks found in the Kuiper Belt, the doughnut-shaped region of icy bodies that lurks out ...

Credit: Graeme Churchard / CC BY 2.0 Researchers have confirmed the Yarrabubba crater in Australia as the oldest asteroid crater on Earth, dating back 2.229 billion years. This oldest asteroid impact ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, meaning its orbit brings it close to Earth’s region of the Solar System. Initially estimated to be 130 to 300 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, it ...

Quickly, quickly! You don't want to be out there. Don't you know that there's an asteroid coming? It's this one, over here. Asteroid 2024 YR4, and it could smash into Earth in 2032. NEWS SOUNDBITE ...

Lindley Johnson, Planetary Defense Officer Emeritus with NASA, said the asteroid's future orbit in January showed upcoming approaches with the Earth and the Earth was determined to be in the ...

See its journey to the asteroid in this orbit animation. Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio | edited by Space.com Trump dashes hope for last-minute Canada and Mexico deal ahead of 25% ...

Scientists initially feared asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032, but new data reduced its impact risk to near zero. The case highlights the evolving accuracy of planetary defense efforts. Credit ...