Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 dropped to near zero, astronomers say. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4.

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid set to whiz past Earth tomorrow at a thundering 29,304 miles per hour. The space rock ...

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 have again risen, though the risk remains tiny, astronomers say. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4.

Interstellar material has been discovered in our solar system, but researchers continue to hunt for where it came from and ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

Asteroids, also sometimes called minor planets, are rocky pieces left over from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Rocks routinely orbit close to Earth, pushed by the ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Saturn has decisively claimed the crown. With the discovery of 128 new moons, the ringed planet’s total count has soared to 274 — nearly twice as many as all other planets combined. Jupiter now trails ...

This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...

“Currently, no other known large asteroids have an impact probability ... 2024 YR4 was first reported on Dec. 27, 2024 to the Minor Planet Center by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact ...