Emporia State University's Peterson Planetarium is all about asteroids in March, with a focus on one asteroid in particular.

A spacecraft's sample return capsule was detected entering the Earth's atmosphere using acoustic sensors by a team of ...

In 2029, a giant asteroid named Apophis will zoom past Earth, coming crazy close—closer than some satellites! Scientists say it won’t hit us (phew!), but the encounter could still be wild. The massive ...

Okay, I am being overly dramatic by the title, the asteroid YR4 was initially projected to have a 3.1% chance of hitting the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has gotten media attention for its gradually growing chances of hitting the planet in 2032. Rising from 1% ...

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 dropped to near zero, astronomers say. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4.

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...

before more observations confirmed the asteroid would safely pass Earth in 2029. When NASA JPL Center for NEO Studies director Paul Chodas spoke to NPR earlier this month, he stressed that the ...

The asteroid also now rates as a 0 out of 10 on ... look at Apophis before and during its close approach to Earth in 2029. Though both YR4 and Apophis are no longer a risk to Earth, astronomers ...

The last time an asteroid bigger than 30 metres wide posed such a significant risk was Apophis in 2004, when it briefly had a 2.7% chance of striking Earth in 2029 - a possibility also ruled out ...