The extra column this month was spurred by the global news of the probability of an impact by asteroid 2024 YR4 in 2032 ...

The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...

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

The asteroid, 2024 YR4, was detected by UH’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and given a 3% probability of colliding with Earth. It’s approximately the size of a jumbo jet and ...

The asteroid everyone was worried about won't hit Earth. Better news: Folks working in Baltimore will help us learn more ...

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

Good news for those concerned about reports of a potential asteroid impact in 2032: NASA has dramatically lowered the ...

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.

A rocky stretch in Western Australia's Pilbara, near Earth's earliest-confirmed lifeforms, was hit by a meteorite about 3.5 ...

SETI Institute In the News This month at the SETI Institute, exciting developments are shaping our understanding of the ...

Astronomers believe thousands of large undiscovered asteroids, that could cause regional damage, may be in space.

More than 38,000 asteroids are known to be in Earth’s vicinity, including 973 “planet killers” of more than half a mile in ...