A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

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

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.

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid zipping past the Earth at nearly 16,000 miles per hour today. The asteroid, known as "2025 DM7," is estimated to be about 42 feet across and soared past our ...

“Serpent Mound is the largest serpent effigy built anywhere on the planet Earth,” O’Grady said. “Serpent Mound is built up on ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids ... and some spraying jets of debris. What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images) When ...

What we know about 2024 YR4 and its chances of hitting Earth Dubbed ... shooting past Mars and out toward Jupiter. "City killer" category The most infamous asteroid impact occurred 66 million ...

When concerns over the asteroid were first raised, there was a possibility it could hit over the eastern Pacific ... shooting past Mars and out toward Jupiter. The most infamous asteroid impact ...

What’s significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of hitting Earth ... that tend to live in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Space agencies like Nasa ...

(CNN) — A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. On Tuesday, NASA calculated that the space rock had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 ...

"Webb is able to see things that are very, very dim," he said — which is key because the asteroid's orbit is currently taking it out towards Jupiter, and its next close approach will not be ...