"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

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

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

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

Nobody knows how life began on Earth, but some tantalizing clues from an asteroid suggest it might not have started here.

From record-breaking to nonthreateningEarly last week, 2024 YR4 briefly broke a record once reached by the asteroid Apophis after it was first spotted in 2004.At its peak threat level, 2024 YR4 ...

Early last week, 2024 YR4 briefly broke a record once reached by the asteroid Apophis after it was first spotted in 2004. At its peak threat level, 2024 YR4 reached a 3 on the Torino Scale and had ...

A similar scenario unfolded in 2004 with Apophis, an asteroid initially projected to have a 2.7% chance of striking Earth in 2029. Further observations ruled out an impact. NASA did note ...

Quincy native Beth Buck, a former program manager at Lockheed Martin’s Deep Space Exploration Mission Operations, will present an overview of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. This ambitious project to ...

The last time was about 20 years ago, with the asteroid Apophis in 2004, which reached a couple of percent for a brief period in time before the uncertainty region could be constrained.

Before the latest measurements made an impact on Earth seem less likely again, 2024 YR₄ broke a decades-old record. As the ESA also explains with the help of graphics, the increasing number of ...

On Dec. 27, 2024, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a new asteroid, designated Asteroid 2024 YR4. As more observations of the newly found asteroid came ...