NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 ...

A 200-foot-wide asteroid found in December has a one-in-83 chance of hitting Earth, according to space agencies.

Samples returned from an asteroid contain a surprising abundance of the basic ingredients of life. They were discovered to be ...

A newly discovered asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and it's caught NASA's 'attention'. The asteroid called '2024 YR4' was discovered last month (27 December) by a telescope in ...

NASA says there's a tiny chance it could collide with Earth, and it's much too soon to know where that impact could be.

Rock wider than football pitch could have devastating impact if it hits our planet – which, according to Nasa scientists, is ...

ASTRONOMERS have been rocked by the discovery of a new asteroid that could hit Earth in only seven years. Experts say there’s ...

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...

In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...

The potential impact would occur on Dec. 22, 2032. It’s much too soon to know where it might land if it did hit Earth.

Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun, mostly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. They can ...