NASA has called in the James Webb Space Telescope to track asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly identified space rock with a 2.1% ...

In a recent study, scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in South Korea ...

Last week, NASA reported that a newly identified asteroid has a more than 1 percent chance of striking Earth in December 2032, per a statement released by the agency. Now, astronomers have bumped ...

The asteroid is estimated to be between 131 and 328 feet (40 and 100 meters) wide. Asteroids of this size impact Earth every few thousand years, and they can cause severe damage to local regions ...

The night sky will witness a celestial event soon. Two asteroids are set to pass Earth on 31 January. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is tracking their movement. Scientists confirm that ...

We all know that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs around 66 million years ago, leaving a 125-mile (200km) wide crater on Earth, but have scientists identified any asteroids of this monumental ...

Here's what to know about the asteroid 2024 YR4 and it's chances of hitting Earth: Asteroids: Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in 2029 – on a Friday the 13th Asteroid 2024 YR4 was ...

The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...

In case there are no physical samples from the asteroids, which is often the case, scientists rely on the object's physical characteristics—including its reflectance and albedo, to understand ...

An asteroid named 2024 WY70 is due to pass Earth this weekend. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS "Asteroids are generally too faint to have been detected by the current techniques and surveys ...

but it's not the only place where asteroids emerge. Each object is a special case, and scientists compare them with known meteorites. Of course, you need some data about the object's physical ...