The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...

Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.

The amount of light reflected by the asteroid's surface is used to estimate how big it is.However, the Webb telescope, slated to begin observations of 2024 YR4 in early March, sees the universe in ...

astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation triggered a fervid series of observations of the object—possibly as big as a ...

What would the damage be if the asteroid hit Earth? At 40-90 meters wide, the asteroid is not big enough to cause mass extinction, but it is big enough to cause localized damage or even a crater.

Pallas has been studied for decades, given its spot as the third biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt, behind Ceres and Vesta. Its 513 km diameter isn't the most unique thing about it ...

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

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be ...

The Discovery Telescope is one of the largest in the country ... supernovas and monitoring the path of asteroid YR 2024. HAPPY JACK, Ariz. - Tucked away in Happy Jack a very important telescope ...