Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

Overall, they write, a Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” reducing land photosynthesis by 36 percent and marine photosynthesis by 25 percent. That would in ...

Don’t blame astronomers for the odds that an asteroid will strike Earth in 2032. The likelihood has gone from 3.1 per cent to ...

NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS ...

Related ESA monitoring asteroid that could strike Earth NASA finds 'key to life' in Bennu asteroid samples NASA ... understanding of the asteroid's orbit. The asteroid first was sighted on Dec ...

GRAND FORKS, ND — Astronomers have turned their high-powered telescopes toward a 100-meter wide asteroid hurtling in its orbit through the Milky Way galaxy and are hoping it doesn’t collide wi ...