The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic ...

A bus-sized asteroid is set to pass close to Earth today. Named Asteroid 2025 DM7, this space rock will narrowly avoid impact, according to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

Acquiring more data, like refining the space rock’s trajectory, may reduce the odds of a direct hit to zero. But astronomers only have a certain amount of time to observe the asteroid before it ...

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.

A similar-sized asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere in February 2013 when the early morning sky was set ablaze in Chelyabinsk, Russia. The space rock was estimated to be 17 metres in diameter ...

But the window of opportunity for astronomers to study the rock is closing, as the asteroid is expected to disappear behind the Sun in April. Lewis said: “Any observations we can make between ...

They photographed the rock star ahead of its world tour. A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a collision ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to ...

The space rock, labelled as 2024 YR4, was discovered weeks ago. Last week, NASA stated that there is currently a 2.3 per cent (or 1 in 43) chance that the asteroid will hit Earth on December 22 ...

An asteroid that's big enough to wipe out a city ... The probability of the space rock hitting either Earth or the moon is still very low, and an international team of scientists has been granted ...

Update: The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 ... represent the highest risk level of any large space rock ever. Those odds may seem low, but the newly calculated probability ...