Asteroids fly by Earth on a regular basis ... rendezvous with Earth—the highest ever recorded. The odds have since fallen to 1.5 percent and will most likely, drop precipitously to zero ...

In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough observations to get a better handle on its orbit. So we can safely take a deep ...

NASA then gave the "all clear" in a post Monday on social media site X, announcing that odds of YR4 impacting Earth have ...

"Asteroids are bright in the infrared wavelengths," Chodas says. "Brighter than stars, typically." As a result, NEO Surveyor "will detect a lot more asteroids than we know of now." ...

A dazzling meteor lit up Karachi’s sky at 2:43 am, leaving residents in awe. The rare celestial event was captured on camera, ...

Sue Nelson explores how asteroids can inform our understanding of the Earth's past – or threaten our future. Each year, according to Nasa, a chunk of rock the size of a car hurtles through space ...