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

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

This undated illustrative image made available by NASA shows the asteroid Bennu, which is unrelated to 2024 YR4, from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. AP "Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are comets and ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

The asteroid Bennu has been at the centre of scientific discussions recently, especially after researchers analysed surface samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. While much of the ...

A collision with a medium-size asteroid could create widespread “devastation” on Earth’s surface, according to a recent analysis. Writing in Science Advances, researchers used computer ...

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

Another near-Earth asteroid, Bennu, has scientists worried about a disastrous impact ... But that minor marine boom would be little compared to the land-based agricultural collapse on a massive scale.

"The size of the Earth — which is inside the uncertainty area — is compared to the entire area of the uncertainty of where the asteroid could be in that critical moment in time. This equated ...